#8B26B9#8B26B9

#8B26B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.218 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B26B9
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 79.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, 62.90, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 84.87, 317.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.1461 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.218 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0959, 10.3786, 46.8342)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B26B9 #54B926

analogous

#4126B9 #8B26B9 #B9269D

triadic

#8B26B9 #B98B26 #26B98B

tetradic

#8B26B9 #B94126 #54B926 #269DB9

square

#8B26B9 #B94126 #54B926 #269DB9

split-complementary

#8B26B9 #9DB926 #26B941

monochromatic

#3F1153 #651C86 #8B26B9 #AA44D9 #C176E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#8B26B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8B26B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B26B9

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B26B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B26B9	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#035DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b26b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.218 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dcf',
    500: '#8b26b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b26b9;
$custom-light: #b26dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b26b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.224,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49837,
    "c": 0.21772,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B26B9

secondary

#8DCA70

accent

#E93F74

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B26B9

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

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