#8A28B9#8A28B9

#8A28B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.216 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28B9
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 62.06, -56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 84.17, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.1432 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.216 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9953, 10.4242, 46.8483)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28B9 #57B928

analogous

#4228B9 #8A28B9 #B928A0

triadic

#8A28B9 #B98A28 #28B98A

tetradic

#8A28B9 #B94228 #57B928 #28A0B9

square

#8A28B9 #B94228 #57B928 #28A0B9

split-complementary

#8A28B9 #A0B928 #28B942

monochromatic

#3F1254 #641D87 #8A28B9 #A847D7 #C079E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#8A28B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8A28B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28B9

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28B9	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#035DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.216 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ecf',
    500: '#8a28b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28b9;
$custom-light: #b16ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.552,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49862,
    "c": 0.21554,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28B9

secondary

#8FCA73

accent

#E74077

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28B9

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

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