#8A2E96#8A2E96

#8A2E96 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.177 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E96
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 150)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 69.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 52.88, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 65.35, 324.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1414 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.177 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9627, 9.5602, 29.8001)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E96 #3A962E

analogous

#562E96 #8A2E96 #962E6E

triadic

#8A2E96 #968A2E #2E968A

tetradic

#8A2E96 #96562E #3A962E #2E6E96

square

#8A2E96 #96562E #3A962E #2E6E96

split-complementary

#8A2E96 #6E962E #2E9656

monochromatic

#341138 #5F2067 #8A2E96 #B43EC4 #C66CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8A2E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8A2E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E96

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E96	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#105099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.177 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6fb5',
    500: '#8a2e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e96;
$custom-light: #af6fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48018,
    "c": 0.17737,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E96

secondary

#70B967

accent

#DC4B5C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E96

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