#8B28BB#8B28BB

#8B28BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.218 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B28BB
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 78.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 62.65, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 85.07, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.1441 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.218 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3742, 10.5949, 47.9758)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B28BB #58BB28

analogous

#4128BB #8B28BB #BB28A2

triadic

#8B28BB #BB8B28 #28BB8B

tetradic

#8B28BB #BB4128 #58BB28 #28A2BB

square

#8B28BB #BB4128 #58BB28 #28A2BB

split-complementary

#8B28BB #A2BB28 #28BB41

monochromatic

#401256 #661D89 #8B28BB #A948D8 #C17BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#8B28BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8B28BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B28BB

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B28BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B28BB	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b28bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.218 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ed0',
    500: '#8b28bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b28bb;
$custom-light: #b26ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b28bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50147,
    "c": 0.21763,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B28BB

secondary

#90CB74

accent

#E84077

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B28BB

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

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