HEX atlas value

#8A2BE2

#8A2BE2 is a cool purple HEX color nearest Blue Violet. RGB 138, 43, 226, HSL 271° 76% 53%, luminance 0.1262; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool vibrant

#8A2BE2 Sample readable text

HEX #8A2BE2

RGB rgb(138, 43, 226)

HSL hsl(271 76% 53%)

CMYK cmyk(39, 81, 0, 11)

Luminance 0.1262

Contrast Black 3.52:1White 5.96:1

CSS

--color-8a2be2: #8A2BE2;
.background-8a2be2 { background-color: #8A2BE2; }
.text-8a2be2 { color: #8A2BE2; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8A2BE2

#8A2BE2 is classified as a cool purple value with vibrant visual character. #8A2BE2 is visually closest to Blue Violet, a named purple color with HEX #8A2BE2.

The RGB channels are 138, 43, and 226, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 271deg with 76% saturation and 53% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.1262, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.52:1AA Fail

White text5.96:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8A2BE2 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.52:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.96:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#84E22C#84E22C · #000000 text · best 12.9:1 #5C159D#5C159D · #FFFFFF text · best 10.24:1 #2F2CE2#2F2CE2 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.14:1 #B77DED#B77DED · #000000 text · best 7.17:1 UV Purple#6F00FF · #FFFFFF text · best 6.73:1

Generated Palette

Blue Violet#8A2BE2

#84E22C#84E22C

#2F2CE2#2F2CE2

#E22CDF#E22CDF

#B77DED#B77DED

#5C159D#5C159D

Color Harmonies

#84E22C#84E22C

#2F2CE2#2F2CE2

#E22CDF#E22CDF

#E28A2C#E28A2C

#2CE28A#2CE28A

Variants

#B77DED#B77DED

#5C159D#5C159D

#8B12FD#8B12FD

#8946C8#8946C8

#C8A5E9#C8A5E9

#9F38FF#9F38FF

Nearest Named Colors

Blue Violet#8A2BE2

Dark Orchid#9932CC

Dark Violet#9400D3

Cobalt Violet#8F00FF

UV Purple#6F00FF

Luminance0.1262

Black text3.52:1AA Fail

White text5.96:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8A2BE2","rgb":[138,43,226],"hsl":[271,76,53],"cmyk":[39,81,0,11],"luminance":0.1262,"contrast":{"black":3.52,"white":5.96}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.52,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.96,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#84E22C","hex":"#84E22C","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.9,"contrastWhite":1.63,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#5C159D","hex":"#5C159D","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.05,"contrastWhite":10.24,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#2F2CE2","hex":"#2F2CE2","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.58,"contrastWhite":8.14,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#B77DED","hex":"#B77DED","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.17,"contrastWhite":2.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"UV Purple","hex":"#6F00FF","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.12,"contrastWhite":6.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","vibrant","vibrant purple","Blue Violet adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8a2be2.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blue-violet.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-orchid.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-violet.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#84E22C","analogous":["#2F2CE2","#E22CDF"],"triadic":["#E28A2C","#2CE28A"],"tetradic":["#E22F2C","#84E22C","#2CDFE2"],"splitComplementary":["#DFE22C","#2CE22F"],"monochromatic":["#B77DED","#8A2BE2","#5C159D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B77DED","dark":"#5C159D","saturated":"#8B12FD","desaturated":"#8946C8","pastel":"#C8A5E9","neon":"#9F38FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"blue-violet","name":"Blue Violet","hex":"#8A2BE2","distance":0},{"slug":"dark-orchid","name":"Dark Orchid","hex":"#9932CC","distance":27.53179979587241},{"slug":"dark-violet","name":"Dark Violet","hex":"#9400D3","distance":46.62617290749907},{"slug":"cobalt-violet","name":"Cobalt Violet","hex":"#8F00FF","distance":52.10566188045211},{"slug":"uv-purple","name":"UV Purple","hex":"#6F00FF","distance":58.47221562417487}]

#8A2BE2

CSS

About #8A2BE2

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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