#8A28B7#8A28B7

#8A28B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.214 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28B7
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 183)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 61.65, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 83.23, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% 0.1436 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.214 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7857, 10.3403, 45.7442)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28B7 #55B728

analogous

#4228B7 #8A28B7 #B7289C

triadic

#8A28B7 #B78A28 #28B78A

tetradic

#8A28B7 #B74228 #55B728 #289CB7

square

#8A28B7 #B74228 #55B728 #289CB7

split-complementary

#8A28B7 #9CB728 #28B742

monochromatic

#3E1253 #641D85 #8A28B7 #A946D6 #C078E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#8A28B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8A28B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28B7

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28B7	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C5CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.214 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ecd',
    500: '#8a28b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28b7;
$custom-light: #b16ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.119,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49713,
    "c": 0.21374,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28B7

secondary

#8DC972

accent

#E74175

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28B7

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

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