#8E28A0#8E28A0

#8E28A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.195 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E28A0
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 160)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 75%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 57.92, -43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 72.55, 322.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.1519 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.195 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2586, 9.8074, 34.1822)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E28A0 #3AA028

analogous

#5228A0 #8E28A0 #A02876

triadic

#8E28A0 #A08E28 #28A08E

tetradic

#8E28A0 #A05228 #3AA028 #2876A0

square

#8E28A0 #A05228 #3AA028 #2876A0

split-complementary

#8E28A0 #76A028 #28A052

monochromatic

#37103E #631C6F #8E28A0 #B738CD #C969D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8E28A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8E28A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E28A0

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E28A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E28A0	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)

#0051A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e28a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.195 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dbd',
    500: '#8e28a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e28a0;
$custom-light: #b36dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e28a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48666,
    "c": 0.19501,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E28A0

secondary

#72C064

accent

#E3455C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E28A0

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

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