#8C28B2#8C28B2

#8C28B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.210 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C28B2
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 178)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 77.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, 61.00, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 80.83, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.1471 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.21 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6085, 10.3081, 43.0676)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C28B2 #4EB228

analogous

#4728B2 #8C28B2 #B22893

triadic

#8C28B2 #B28C28 #28B28C

tetradic

#8C28B2 #B24728 #4EB228 #2893B2

square

#8C28B2 #B24728 #4EB228 #2893B2

split-complementary

#8C28B2 #93B228 #28B247

monochromatic

#3D124E #651D80 #8C28B2 #AC43D5 #C275E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#8C28B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8C28B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C28B2

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C28B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C28B2	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88486C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c28b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.210 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eca',
    500: '#8c28b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c28b2;
$custom-light: #b26eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c28b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.478,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49621,
    "c": 0.20994,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C28B2

secondary

#87C76F

accent

#E6416F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C28B2

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

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