#8A26B7#8A26B7

#8A26B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.216 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A26B7
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 183)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, 62.32, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 83.98, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% 0.1452 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.216 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7200, 10.2090, 45.7223)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A26B7 #53B726

analogous

#4126B7 #8A26B7 #B7269B

triadic

#8A26B7 #B78A26 #26B78A

tetradic

#8A26B7 #B74126 #53B726 #269BB7

square

#8A26B7 #B74126 #53B726 #269BB7

split-complementary

#8A26B7 #9BB726 #26B741

monochromatic

#3E1152 #641B84 #8A26B7 #A942D8 #C075E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#8A26B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#8A26B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A26B7

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A26B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A26B7	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#075CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a26b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.216 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dcd',
    500: '#8a26b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a26b7;
$custom-light: #b16dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a26b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49551,
    "c": 0.21564,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A26B7

secondary

#8BCA6F

accent

#E93F74

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A26B7

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

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