#8A28AE#8A28AE

#8A28AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.206 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28AE
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 174)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 77%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 59.82, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 79.02, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.1452 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.206 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8787, 9.9775, 40.9676)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28AE #4CAE28

analogous

#4728AE #8A28AE #AE288F

triadic

#8A28AE #AE8A28 #28AE8A

tetradic

#8A28AE #AE4728 #4CAE28 #288FAE

square

#8A28AE #AE4728 #4CAE28 #288FAE

split-complementary

#8A28AE #8FAE28 #28AE47

monochromatic

#3B114A #631D7C #8A28AE #AC40D3 #C172DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8A28AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8A28AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28AE

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28AE	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#215BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.206 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dc7',
    500: '#8a28ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28ae;
$custom-light: #b06dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49056,
    "c": 0.20571,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28AE

secondary

#84C66C

accent

#E6426E

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28AE

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

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