#8B26AE#8B26AE

#8B26AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.208 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B26AE
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(285, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 60.70, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 79.76, 319.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.1482 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.208 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9793, 9.9319, 40.9535)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B26AE #49AE26

analogous

#4726AE #8B26AE #AE268D

triadic

#8B26AE #AE8B26 #26AE8B

tetradic

#8B26AE #AE4726 #49AE26 #268DAE

square

#8B26AE #AE4726 #49AE26 #268DAE

split-complementary

#8B26AE #8DAE26 #26AE47

monochromatic

#3B104A #631B7C #8B26AE #AD3DD5 #C36FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8B26AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8B26AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B26AE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B26AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B26AE	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#215BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88456A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b26ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.208 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc7',
    500: '#8b26ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b26ae;
$custom-light: #b16cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b26ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.559,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49029,
    "c": 0.20805,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B26AE

secondary

#81C66A

accent

#E7416B

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B26AE

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

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