#8B2AA4#8B2AA4

#8B2AA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.195 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2AA4
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 57.33, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 73.55, 321.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.146 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.195 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1753, 9.8261, 36.0540)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2AA4 #43A42A

analogous

#4E2AA4 #8B2AA4 #A42A80

triadic

#8B2AA4 #A48B2A #2AA48B

tetradic

#8B2AA4 #A44E2A #43A42A #2A80A4

square

#8B2AA4 #A44E2A #43A42A #2A80A4

split-complementary

#8B2AA4 #80A42A #2AA44E

monochromatic

#381143 #621E73 #8B2AA4 #B03ECD #C46EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8B2AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8B2AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2AA4

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2AA4	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.195 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ec0',
    500: '#8b2aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2aa4;
$custom-light: #b16ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.705,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48678,
    "c": 0.19506,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2AA4

secondary

#7BC169

accent

#E24566

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2AA4

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

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