#8A2E97#8A2E97

#8A2E97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.178 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E97
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(293, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 53.07, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 65.81, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1414 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.178 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0436, 9.5926, 30.2260)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E97 #3B972E

analogous

#552E97 #8A2E97 #972E6F

triadic

#8A2E97 #978A2E #2E978A

tetradic

#8A2E97 #97552E #3B972E #2E6F97

square

#8A2E97 #97552E #3B972E #2E6F97

split-complementary

#8A2E97 #6F972E #2E9755

monochromatic

#341139 #5F2068 #8A2E97 #B43EC4 #C66DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#8A2E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8A2E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E97

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E97	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D519A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.178 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6fb6',
    500: '#8a2e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e97;
$custom-light: #af6fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.571,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4808,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E97

secondary

#71BA67

accent

#DD4B5D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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