#8C28BB#8C28BB

#8C28BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.218 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C28BB
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 187)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 78.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 62.82, -57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 85.03, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1454 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.218 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5420, 10.6815, 47.9837)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C28BB #57BB28

analogous

#4228BB #8C28BB #BB28A1

triadic

#8C28BB #BB8C28 #28BB8C

tetradic

#8C28BB #BB4228 #57BB28 #28A1BB

square

#8C28BB #BB4228 #57BB28 #28A1BB

split-complementary

#8C28BB #A1BB28 #28BB42

monochromatic

#411256 #661D89 #8C28BB #AA48D8 #C17BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#8C28BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8C28BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C28BB

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C28BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C28BB	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#045EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c28bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.218 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ed0',
    500: '#8c28bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c28bb;
$custom-light: #b36ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c28bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.816,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50282,
    "c": 0.21793,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C28BB

secondary

#90CB74

accent

#E84076

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C28BB

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

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