#8A28B2#8A28B2

#8A28B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.209 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28B2
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 178)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 60.63, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 80.89, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.35% 0.1445 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(49.35% 0.209 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2745, 10.1358, 43.0519)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28B2 #50B228

analogous

#4528B2 #8A28B2 #B22895

triadic

#8A28B2 #B28A28 #28B28A

tetradic

#8A28B2 #B24528 #50B228 #2895B2

square

#8A28B2 #B24528 #50B228 #2895B2

split-complementary

#8A28B2 #95B228 #28B245

monochromatic

#3D124E #631D80 #8A28B2 #AA43D5 #C175E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#8A28B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#8A28B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28B2

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28B2	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86486C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.209 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dca',
    500: '#8a28b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28b2;
$custom-light: #b16dca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.609,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49345,
    "c": 0.20927,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28B2

secondary

#88C76F

accent

#E64171

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28B2

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

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