#8E26B7#8E26B7

#8E26B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.217 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E26B7
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 183)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 63.03, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 83.84, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.1504 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.217 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3942, 10.5566, 45.7539)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E26B7 #4FB726

analogous

#4526B7 #8E26B7 #B72698

triadic

#8E26B7 #B78E26 #26B78E

tetradic

#8E26B7 #B74526 #4FB726 #2698B7

square

#8E26B7 #B74526 #4FB726 #2698B7

split-complementary

#8E26B7 #98B726 #26B745

monochromatic

#3F1152 #671B84 #8E26B7 #AE42D8 #C375E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#8E26B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#8E26B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E26B7

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E26B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E26B7	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#165EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e26b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.217 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46dcd',
    500: '#8e26b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e26b7;
$custom-light: #b46dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e26b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.034,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50101,
    "c": 0.2169,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E26B7

secondary

#89CA6F

accent

#E93F6F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E26B7

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

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