#8A26B1#8A26B1

#8A26B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.210 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A26B1
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 177)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 78.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 61.11, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 81.18, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1464 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.21 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1088, 9.9645, 42.5032)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A26B1 #4DB126

analogous

#4426B1 #8A26B1 #B12693

triadic

#8A26B1 #B18A26 #26B18A

tetradic

#8A26B1 #B14426 #4DB126 #2693B1

square

#8A26B1 #B14426 #4DB126 #2693B1

split-complementary

#8A26B1 #93B126 #26B144

monochromatic

#3B104C #631B7F #8A26B1 #AB3FD6 #C171E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8A26B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A26B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A26B1

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A26B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A26B1	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)

#0054B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86476B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a26b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.210 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc9',
    500: '#8a26b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a26b1;
$custom-light: #b16cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a26b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.165,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49107,
    "c": 0.21035,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A26B1

secondary

#85C76B

accent

#E8406F

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A26B1

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

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