#8E26A5#8E26A5

#8E26A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.201 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E26A5
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 165)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 77%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 59.54, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 75.59, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.1532 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.201 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6391, 9.8546, 36.5103)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E26A5 #3DA526

analogous

#4F26A5 #8E26A5 #A5267D

triadic

#8E26A5 #A58E26 #26A58E

tetradic

#8E26A5 #A54F26 #3DA526 #267DA5

square

#8E26A5 #A54F26 #3DA526 #267DA5

split-complementary

#8E26A5 #7DA526 #26A54F

monochromatic

#380F42 #631B73 #8E26A5 #B537D1 #C869DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8E26A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8E26A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E26A5

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E26A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E26A5	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e26a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.201 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cc0',
    500: '#8e26a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e26a5;
$custom-light: #b36cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e26a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.134,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4883,
    "c": 0.20138,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E26A5

secondary

#75C364

accent

#E64260

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E26A5

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

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