#8A28BB#8A28BB

#8A28BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.217 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28BB
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 78.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.74, 62.47, -57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.74, 85.11, 317.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1428 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.217 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2079, 10.5092, 47.9680)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28BB #59BB28

analogous

#4128BB #8A28BB #BB28A3

triadic

#8A28BB #BB8A28 #28BB8A

tetradic

#8A28BB #BB4128 #59BB28 #28A3BB

square

#8A28BB #BB4128 #59BB28 #28A3BB

split-complementary

#8A28BB #A3BB28 #28BB41

monochromatic

#401256 #651D89 #8A28BB #A848D8 #C07BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#8A28BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8A28BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28BB

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28BB	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.217 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ed0',
    500: '#8a28bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28bb;
$custom-light: #b16ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50013,
    "c": 0.21733,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28BB

secondary

#91CB74

accent

#E84078

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28BB

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

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