#8B28B2#8B28B2

#8B28B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.210 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B28B2
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 178)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.24, 60.82, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.24, 80.86, 318.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1458 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.21 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4408, 10.2216, 43.0597)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B28B2 #4FB228

analogous

#4628B2 #8B28B2 #B22894

triadic

#8B28B2 #B28B28 #28B28B

tetradic

#8B28B2 #B24628 #4FB228 #2894B2

square

#8B28B2 #B24628 #4FB228 #2894B2

split-complementary

#8B28B2 #94B228 #28B246

monochromatic

#3D124E #641D80 #8B28B2 #AB43D5 #C275E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#8B28B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#8B28B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B28B2

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B28B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B28B2	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87486C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b28b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.210 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dca',
    500: '#8b28b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b28b2;
$custom-light: #b16dca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b28b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49483,
    "c": 0.20961,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B28B2

secondary

#88C76F

accent

#E64170

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B28B2

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

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