#8B24AE#8B24AE

#8B24AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.210 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B24AE
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 79.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 61.35, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 80.49, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1498 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.21 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9171, 9.8075, 40.9327)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B24AE #47AE24

analogous

#4624AE #8B24AE #AE248C

triadic

#8B24AE #AE8B24 #24AE8B

tetradic

#8B24AE #AE4624 #47AE24 #248CAE

square

#8B24AE #AE4624 #47AE24 #248CAE

split-complementary

#8B24AE #8CAE24 #24AE46

monochromatic

#3A0F49 #621A7B #8B24AE #AE39D6 #C36CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8B24AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8B24AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B24AE

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B24AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B24AE	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F5BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b24ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.210 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc7',
    500: '#8b24ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b24ae;
$custom-light: #b16cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b24ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.783,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48871,
    "c": 0.20996,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B24AE

secondary

#7FC767

accent

#E93F6A

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B24AE

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

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