#8A2E91#8A2E91

#8A2E91 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.173 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E91
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 145)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 51.95, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 63.10, 325.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.1414 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.173 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5687, 9.4026, 27.7248)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E91 #35912E

analogous

#592E91 #8A2E91 #912E66

triadic

#8A2E91 #918A2E #2E918A

tetradic

#8A2E91 #91592E #35912E #2E6691

square

#8A2E91 #91592E #35912E #2E6691

split-complementary

#8A2E91 #66912E #2E9159

monochromatic

#321134 #5E1F63 #8A2E91 #B63DBF #C86AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8A2E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8A2E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E91

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E91	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.173 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6fb2',
    500: '#8a2e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e91;
$custom-light: #af6fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.758,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47712,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E91

secondary

#6AB764

accent

#DB4D57

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E91

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