#8C2AA5#8C2AA5

#8C2AA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.196 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2AA5
RGB	rgb(140, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 57.74, -46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 74.01, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.1471 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.196 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4338, 9.9489, 36.5393)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2AA5 #43A52A

analogous

#4E2AA5 #8C2AA5 #A52A80

triadic

#8C2AA5 #A58C2A #2AA58C

tetradic

#8C2AA5 #A54E2A #43A52A #2A80A5

square

#8C2AA5 #A54E2A #43A52A #2A80A5

split-complementary

#8C2AA5 #80A52A #2AA54E

monochromatic

#391143 #631E74 #8C2AA5 #B13ECE #C56FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8C2AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8C2AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2AA5

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2AA5	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.196 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ec0',
    500: '#8c2aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2aa5;
$custom-light: #b16ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.805,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48888,
    "c": 0.19634,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2AA5

secondary

#7BC169

accent

#E34565

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2AA5

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

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