#8A268E#8A268E

#8A268E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.180 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A268E
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, 54.48, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 65.29, 326.55°)
OKLab	oklab(46.75% 0.15 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(46.75% 0.18 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0565, 8.7436, 26.4279)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A268E #2A8E26

analogous

#56268E #8A268E #8E265E

triadic

#8A268E #8E8A26 #268E8A

tetradic

#8A268E #8E5626 #2A8E26 #265E8E

square

#8A268E #8E5626 #2A8E26 #265E8E

split-complementary

#8A268E #5E8E26 #268E56

monochromatic

#2C0C2D #5B195E #8A268E #B933BE #CF5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#8A268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8A268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A268E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A268E	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E588B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.180 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6baf',
    500: '#8a268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a268e;
$custom-light: #af6baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4675,
    "c": 0.18025,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A268E

secondary

#5BB858

accent

#E1474D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A268E

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

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