#8E26A2#8E26A2

#8E26A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.199 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E26A2
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 162)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 76.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 58.98, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 74.23, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.1535 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.199 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3693, 9.7466, 35.0891)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E26A2 #3AA226

analogous

#5026A2 #8E26A2 #A22678

triadic

#8E26A2 #A28E26 #26A28E

tetradic

#8E26A2 #A25026 #3AA226 #2678A2

square

#8E26A2 #A25026 #3AA226 #2678A2

split-complementary

#8E26A2 #78A226 #26A250

monochromatic

#370F3F #631A70 #8E26A2 #B735D0 #C967DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8E26A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8E26A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E26A2

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E26A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E26A2	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e26a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.199 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cbe',
    500: '#8e26a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e26a2;
$custom-light: #b36cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e26a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48628,
    "c": 0.19883,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E26A2

secondary

#72C163

accent

#E5435D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E26A2

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

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