#8A26B9#8A26B9

#8A26B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.217 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A26B9
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 79.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, 62.72, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 84.91, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.1448 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.217 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9297, 10.2928, 46.8264)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A26B9 #55B926

analogous

#4026B9 #8A26B9 #B9269E

triadic

#8A26B9 #B98A26 #26B98A

tetradic

#8A26B9 #B94026 #55B926 #269EB9

square

#8A26B9 #B94026 #55B926 #269EB9

split-complementary

#8A26B9 #9EB926 #26B940

monochromatic

#3E1153 #641C86 #8A26B9 #A944D9 #C076E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#8A26B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8A26B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A26B9

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A26B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A26B9	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a26b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.217 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dcf',
    500: '#8a26b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a26b9;
$custom-light: #b16dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a26b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.816,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49701,
    "c": 0.21742,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A26B9

secondary

#8DCA70

accent

#E93F75

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A26B9

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

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