#8B26C9#8B26C9

#8B26C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.232 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B26C9
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 201)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.74, 66.20, -64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.74, 92.33, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1423 -0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.232 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8809, 11.0926, 56.2354)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B26C9 #64C926

analogous

#3A26C9 #8B26C9 #C926B6

triadic

#8B26C9 #C98B26 #26C98B

tetradic

#8B26C9 #C93A26 #64C926 #26B6C9

square

#8B26C9 #C93A26 #64C926 #26B6C9

split-complementary

#8B26C9 #B6C926 #26C93A

monochromatic

#441362 #671C96 #8B26C9 #A74FDE #C182E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8B26C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8B26C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B26C9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B26C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B26C9	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b26c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.232 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36eda',
    500: '#8b26c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b26c9;
$custom-light: #b36eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b26c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.178,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51073,
    "c": 0.2319,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B26C9

secondary

#9BD07B

accent

#EB3D7F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B26C9

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

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