#8A2E9B#8A2E9B

#8A2E9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.182 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E9B
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 53.83, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 67.64, 322.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1413 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.182 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.3739, 9.7247, 31.9659)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E9B #3F9B2E

analogous

#542E9B #8A2E9B #9B2E76

triadic

#8A2E9B #9B8A2E #2E9B8A

tetradic

#8A2E9B #9B542E #3F9B2E #2E769B

square

#8A2E9B #9B542E #3F9B2E #2E769B

split-complementary

#8A2E9B #769B2E #2E9B54

monochromatic

#36123D #60206C #8A2E9B #B140C6 #C56FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8A2E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A2E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E9B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E9B	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.182 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6fb9',
    500: '#8a2e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e9b;
$custom-light: #af6fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.642,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48332,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.09724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E9B

secondary

#76BC69

accent

#DE4A61

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E9B

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

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