#8A268D#8A268D

#8A268D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.179 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A268D
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, 54.30, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 64.86, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(46.69% 0.15 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(46.69% 0.179 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9818, 8.7137, 26.0343)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A268D #298D26

analogous

#56268D #8A268D #8D265D

triadic

#8A268D #8D8A26 #268D8A

tetradic

#8A268D #8D5626 #298D26 #265D8D

square

#8A268D #8D5626 #298D26 #265D8D

split-complementary

#8A268D #5D8D26 #268D56

monochromatic

#2C0C2D #5B195D #8A268D #B933BD #CF5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#8A268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8A268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A268D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A268D	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F588A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.179 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6baf',
    500: '#8a268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a268d;
$custom-light: #af6baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.252,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46689,
    "c": 0.17942,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A268D

secondary

#5AB857

accent

#E1474B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A268D

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

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