#8B28A2#8B28A2

#8B28A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.196 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B28A2
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 57.67, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 73.45, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.148 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.196 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9270, 9.6161, 35.0872)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B28A2 #3FA228

analogous

#4E28A2 #8B28A2 #A2287C

triadic

#8B28A2 #A28B28 #28A28B

tetradic

#8B28A2 #A24E28 #3FA228 #287CA2

square

#8B28A2 #A24E28 #3FA228 #287CA2

split-complementary

#8B28A2 #7CA228 #28A24E

monochromatic

#371040 #611C71 #8B28A2 #B239CE #C56ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8B28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8B28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B28A2

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B28A2	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.196 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dbe',
    500: '#8b28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b28a2;
$custom-light: #b16dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.689,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48363,
    "c": 0.1955,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B28A2

secondary

#76C165

accent

#E44462

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B28A2

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

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