#8C28AA#8C28AA

#8C28AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.203 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C28AA
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 170)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 76.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 59.42, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 77.13, 320.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.1483 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.203 317)
XYZ	xyz(18.8286, 9.9961, 38.9601)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C28AA #46AA28

analogous

#4B28AA #8C28AA #AA2887

triadic

#8C28AA #AA8C28 #28AA8C

tetradic

#8C28AA #AA4B28 #46AA28 #2887AA

square

#8C28AA #AA4B28 #46AA28 #2887AA

split-complementary

#8C28AA #87AA28 #28AA4B

monochromatic

#3A1147 #631C78 #8C28AA #AF3ED2 #C46FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8C28AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8C28AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C28AA

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C28AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C28AA	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c28aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.203 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dc4',
    500: '#8c28aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c28aa;
$custom-light: #b26dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c28aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49054,
    "c": 0.20288,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.09995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C28AA

secondary

#7FC46A

accent

#E54368

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C28AA

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

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