#8B28B7#8B28B7

#8B28B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.214 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B28B7
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 183)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 78.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 61.83, -55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 83.20, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1449 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.214 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9519, 10.4260, 45.7520)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B28B7 #54B728

analogous

#4328B7 #8B28B7 #B7289B

triadic

#8B28B7 #B78B28 #28B78B

tetradic

#8B28B7 #B74328 #54B728 #289BB7

square

#8B28B7 #B74328 #54B728 #289BB7

split-complementary

#8B28B7 #9BB728 #28B743

monochromatic

#3F1253 #651D85 #8B28B7 #AA46D6 #C178E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#8B28B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B28B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B28B7

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B28B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B28B7	1.00	6.81	3.09	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#105DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b28b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.214 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ecd',
    500: '#8b28b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b28b7;
$custom-light: #b26ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b28b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49849,
    "c": 0.21406,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B28B7

secondary

#8DC972

accent

#E74174

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B28B7

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

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