#8C24AE#8C24AE

#8C24AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.210 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C24AE
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 61.53, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 80.47, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% 0.1511 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.21 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0849, 9.8940, 40.9406)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C24AE #46AE24

analogous

#4724AE #8C24AE #AE248B

triadic

#8C24AE #AE8C24 #24AE8C

tetradic

#8C24AE #AE4724 #46AE24 #248BAE

square

#8C24AE #AE4724 #46AE24 #248BAE

split-complementary

#8C24AE #8BAE24 #24AE47

monochromatic

#3A0F49 #631A7B #8C24AE #AF39D6 #C46CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#8C24AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8C24AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C24AE

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C24AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C24AE	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#215BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c24ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.210 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cc7',
    500: '#8c24ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c24ae;
$custom-light: #b26cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c24ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49012,
    "c": 0.2103,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C24AE

secondary

#7FC767

accent

#E93F69

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C24AE

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

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