#8C2AA2#8C2AA2

#8C2AA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.194 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2AA2
RGB	rgb(140, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 57.16, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 72.64, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% 0.1474 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.194 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1639, 9.8409, 35.1181)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2AA2 #40A22A

analogous

#502AA2 #8C2AA2 #A22A7C

triadic

#8C2AA2 #A28C2A #2AA28C

tetradic

#8C2AA2 #A2502A #40A22A #2A7CA2

square

#8C2AA2 #A2502A #40A22A #2A7CA2

split-complementary

#8C2AA2 #7CA22A #2AA250

monochromatic

#381141 #621D71 #8C2AA2 #B23DCD #C56DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8C2AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8C2AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2AA2

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2AA2	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)

#0052A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.194 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ebe',
    500: '#8c2aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2aa2;
$custom-light: #b16ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48687,
    "c": 0.1937,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2AA2

secondary

#78C068

accent

#E24662

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2AA2

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

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