#8A26A0#8A26A0

#8A26A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.196 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A26A0
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 160)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 57.79, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 73.33, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1489 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.196 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5187, 9.3284, 34.1287)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A26A0 #3CA026

analogous

#4D26A0 #8A26A0 #A02679

triadic

#8A26A0 #A08A26 #26A08A

tetradic

#8A26A0 #A04D26 #3CA026 #2679A0

square

#8A26A0 #A04D26 #3CA026 #2679A0

split-complementary

#8A26A0 #79A026 #26A04D

monochromatic

#350F3D #5F1A6F #8A26A0 #B334CF #C666DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8A26A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A26A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A26A0

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A26A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A26A0	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30599D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a26a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.196 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cbd',
    500: '#8a26a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a26a0;
$custom-light: #b06cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a26a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.18,
    "s": 61.616,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4791,
    "c": 0.1955,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A26A0

secondary

#73C061

accent

#E54360

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A26A0

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

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