#8A28AB#8A28AB

#8A28AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.203 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28AB
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 171)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, 59.23, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 77.62, 319.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% 0.1457 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.203 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5895, 9.8619, 39.4445)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28AB #49AB28

analogous

#4828AB #8A28AB #AB288B

triadic

#8A28AB #AB8A28 #28AB8A

tetradic

#8A28AB #AB4828 #49AB28 #288BAB

square

#8A28AB #AB4828 #49AB28 #288BAB

split-complementary

#8A28AB #8BAB28 #28AB48

monochromatic

#3A1148 #621C79 #8A28AB #AD3ED2 #C270DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8A28AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8A28AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28AB

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28AB	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#255BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.203 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dc5',
    500: '#8a28ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28ab;
$custom-light: #b06dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.885,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48843,
    "c": 0.20304,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28AB

secondary

#81C46A

accent

#E5436C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28AB

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

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