#8A28BC#8A28BC

#8A28BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.218 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A28BC
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 78.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 62.68, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 85.58, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.1426 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.218 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3154, 10.5522, 48.5338)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A28BC #5ABC28

analogous

#4028BC #8A28BC #BC28A4

triadic

#8A28BC #BC8A28 #28BC8A

tetradic

#8A28BC #BC4028 #5ABC28 #28A4BC

square

#8A28BC #BC4028 #5ABC28 #28A4BC

split-complementary

#8A28BC #A4BC28 #28BC40

monochromatic

#401357 #651D8A #8A28BC #A849D8 #C07BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#8A28BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#8A28BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A28BC

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A28BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A28BC	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a28bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.218 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ed1',
    500: '#8a28bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a28bc;
$custom-light: #b16ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a28bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50088,
    "c": 0.21824,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A28BC

secondary

#92CB75

accent

#E84079

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A28BC

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

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