#8B28C7#8B28C7

#8B28C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.228 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B28C7
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 199)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 79.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 65.14, -63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 90.69, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1414 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.228 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7129, 11.1304, 55.0263)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B28C7 #64C728

analogous

#3B28C7 #8B28C7 #C728B4

triadic

#8B28C7 #C78B28 #28C78B

tetradic

#8B28C7 #C73B28 #64C728 #28B4C7

square

#8B28C7 #C73B28 #64C728 #28B4C7

split-complementary

#8B28C7 #B4C728 #28C73B

monochromatic

#441461 #671E94 #8B28C7 #A750DC #C183E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8B28C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8B28C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B28C7

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B28C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B28C7	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b28c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.228 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36fd9',
    500: '#8b28c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b28c7;
$custom-light: #b36fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b28c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.358,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51068,
    "c": 0.22839,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B28C7

secondary

#9BCF7C

accent

#E93E7F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B28C7

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

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