#8B26A7#8B26A7

#8B26A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.202 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B26A7
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 167)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 77.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 59.33, -48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 76.53, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1493 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.202 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3146, 9.6660, 37.4527)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B26A7 #42A726

analogous

#4B26A7 #8B26A7 #A72682

triadic

#8B26A7 #A78B26 #26A78B

tetradic

#8B26A7 #A74B26 #42A726 #2682A7

square

#8B26A7 #A74B26 #42A726 #2682A7

split-complementary

#8B26A7 #82A726 #26A74B

monochromatic

#380F43 #621B75 #8B26A7 #B138D2 #C46ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#8B26A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8B26A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B26A7

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B26A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B26A7	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b26a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.202 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc2',
    500: '#8b26a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b26a7;
$custom-light: #b16cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b26a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.977,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48534,
    "c": 0.20195,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B26A7

secondary

#7AC365

accent

#E64265

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B26A7

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

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