#8E26B6#8E26B6

#8E26B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.216 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E26B6
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 182)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 79.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.75, 62.83, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.75, 83.37, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1506 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.216 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2905, 10.5151, 45.2077)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E26B6 #4EB626

analogous

#4626B6 #8E26B6 #B62696

triadic

#8E26B6 #B68E26 #26B68E

tetradic

#8E26B6 #B64626 #4EB626 #2696B6

square

#8E26B6 #B64626 #4EB626 #2696B6

split-complementary

#8E26B6 #96B626 #26B646

monochromatic

#3F1151 #661B83 #8E26B6 #AE42D7 #C474E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#8E26B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8E26B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E26B6

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E26B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E26B6	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#185EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e26b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.216 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46dcd',
    500: '#8e26b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e26b6;
$custom-light: #b46dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e26b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50027,
    "c": 0.21602,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E26B6

secondary

#88C96E

accent

#E83F6E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E26B6

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

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