#8B26A4#8B26A4

#8B26A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.199 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B26A4
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 76.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 58.75, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 75.16, 321.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1497 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.199 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0405, 9.5564, 36.0091)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B26A4 #3FA426

analogous

#4C26A4 #8B26A4 #A4267E

triadic

#8B26A4 #A48B26 #26A48B

tetradic

#8B26A4 #A44C26 #3FA426 #267EA4

square

#8B26A4 #A44C26 #3FA426 #267EA4

split-complementary

#8B26A4 #7EA426 #26A44C

monochromatic

#370F41 #611A72 #8B26A4 #B237D1 #C568DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8B26A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8B26A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B26A4

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B26A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B26A4	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E5AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b26a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.199 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc0',
    500: '#8b26a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b26a4;
$custom-light: #b16cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b26a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.095,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48327,
    "c": 0.19936,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B26A4

secondary

#76C264

accent

#E54263

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B26A4

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

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