#8E26A4#8E26A4

#8E26A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.201 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E26A4
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 164)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(290, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 59.35, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 75.14, 322.18°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1533 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.201 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5484, 9.8183, 36.0329)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E26A4 #3CA426

analogous

#4F26A4 #8E26A4 #A4267B

triadic

#8E26A4 #A48E26 #26A48E

tetradic

#8E26A4 #A44F26 #3CA426 #267BA4

square

#8E26A4 #A44F26 #3CA426 #267BA4

split-complementary

#8E26A4 #7BA426 #26A44F

monochromatic

#380F41 #631A72 #8E26A4 #B637D1 #C868DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8E26A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8E26A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E26A4

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E26A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E26A4	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e26a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.201 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cc0',
    500: '#8e26a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e26a4;
$custom-light: #b36cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e26a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.524,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48762,
    "c": 0.20053,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E26A4

secondary

#74C264

accent

#E5425F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E26A4

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

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