#8B28A4#8B28A4

#8B28A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.197 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B28A4
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, 58.06, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 74.37, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.1478 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.197 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1062, 9.6877, 36.0310)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B28A4 #41A428

analogous

#4D28A4 #8B28A4 #A4287F

triadic

#8B28A4 #A48B28 #28A48B

tetradic

#8B28A4 #A44D28 #41A428 #287FA4

square

#8B28A4 #A44D28 #41A428 #287FA4

split-complementary

#8B28A4 #7FA428 #28A44D

monochromatic

#381042 #611C73 #8B28A4 #B13ACF #C46BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8B28A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8B28A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B28A4

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B28A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B28A4	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F5BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b28a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.197 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dc0',
    500: '#8b28a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b28a4;
$custom-light: #b16dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b28a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.903,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48499,
    "c": 0.19725,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B28A4

secondary

#79C166

accent

#E44464

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B28A4

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

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