#8A2E9A#8A2E9A

#8A2E9A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.181 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E9A
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, 53.64, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 67.18, 322.98°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1413 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.181 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2903, 9.6913, 31.5254)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E9A #3E9A2E

analogous

#542E9A #8A2E9A #9A2E74

triadic

#8A2E9A #9A8A2E #2E9A8A

tetradic

#8A2E9A #9A542E #3E9A2E #2E749A

square

#8A2E9A #9A542E #3E9A2E #2E749A

split-complementary

#8A2E9A #749A2E #2E9A54

monochromatic

#36123C #60206B #8A2E9A #B23FC6 #C56FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8A2E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A2E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E9A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E9A	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04519D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.181 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6fb8',
    500: '#8a2e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e9a;
$custom-light: #af6fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48268,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E9A

secondary

#75BB69

accent

#DD4A60

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E9A

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

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