#8A28B1#8A28B1

#8A28B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.208 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28B1
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 177)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 77.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, 60.43, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 80.42, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.1447 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.208 314)
XYZ	xyz(19.1745, 10.0958, 42.5251)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28B1 #4FB128

analogous

#4628B1 #8A28B1 #B12893

triadic

#8A28B1 #B18A28 #28B18A

tetradic

#8A28B1 #B14628 #4FB128 #2893B1

square

#8A28B1 #B14628 #4FB128 #2893B1

split-complementary

#8A28B1 #93B128 #28B146

monochromatic

#3C114D #631D7F #8A28B1 #AB42D4 #C174E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#8A28B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#8A28B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28B1

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28B1	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86486C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.208 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dc9',
    500: '#8a28b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28b1;
$custom-light: #b16dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.92,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49272,
    "c": 0.20838,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.10095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28B1

secondary

#87C76E

accent

#E64270

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28B1

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

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