#8A26C6#8A26C6

#8A26C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.229 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A26C6
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 198)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 80.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 65.41, -63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 90.99, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.1417 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.229 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3652, 10.8671, 54.3872)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A26C6 #62C626

analogous

#3A26C6 #8A26C6 #C626B2

triadic

#8A26C6 #C68A26 #26C68A

tetradic

#8A26C6 #C63A26 #62C626 #26B2C6

square

#8A26C6 #C63A26 #62C626 #26B2C6

split-complementary

#8A26C6 #B2C626 #26C63A

monochromatic

#42125F #661C93 #8A26C6 #A74CDD #C080E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#8A26C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8A26C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A26C6

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A26C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A26C6	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a26c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.229 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ed8',
    500: '#8a26c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a26c6;
$custom-light: #b26ed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a26c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50705,
    "c": 0.22898,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A26C6

secondary

#99CF79

accent

#EB3D7E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A26C6

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

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