#8A2E99#8A2E99

#8A2E99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.180 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E99
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(292, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 53.45, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 66.72, 323.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% 0.1414 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.18 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2074, 9.6581, 31.0886)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E99 #3D992E

analogous

#552E99 #8A2E99 #992E73

triadic

#8A2E99 #998A2E #2E998A

tetradic

#8A2E99 #99552E #3D992E #2E7399

square

#8A2E99 #99552E #3D992E #2E7399

split-complementary

#8A2E99 #73992E #2E9955

monochromatic

#35123B #60206A #8A2E99 #B23FC5 #C56ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#8A2E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8A2E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E99

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E99	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07519C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.180 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6fb7',
    500: '#8a2e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e99;
$custom-light: #af6fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.589,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48205,
    "c": 0.18005,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E99

secondary

#74BB68

accent

#DD4B5F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E99

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

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