#8B26B7#8B26B7

#8B26B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.216 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B26B7
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 183)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 79.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.37, 62.49, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.37, 83.94, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.1465 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.216 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8863, 10.2947, 45.7301)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B26B7 #52B726

analogous

#4226B7 #8B26B7 #B7269A

triadic

#8B26B7 #B78B26 #26B78B

tetradic

#8B26B7 #B74226 #52B726 #269AB7

square

#8B26B7 #B74226 #52B726 #269AB7

split-complementary

#8B26B7 #9AB726 #26B742

monochromatic

#3E1152 #651B84 #8B26B7 #AA42D8 #C175E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#8B26B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8B26B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B26B7

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B26B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B26B7	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C5CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b26b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.216 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dcd',
    500: '#8b26b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b26b7;
$custom-light: #b26dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b26b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.793,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49687,
    "c": 0.21595,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B26B7

secondary

#8BCA6F

accent

#E93F73

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B26B7

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

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