#8E28A2#8E28A2

#8E28A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.197 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E28A2
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 58.29, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 73.46, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.1517 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.197 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4349, 9.8780, 35.1110)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E28A2 #3CA228

analogous

#5128A2 #8E28A2 #A22879

triadic

#8E28A2 #A28E28 #28A28E

tetradic

#8E28A2 #A25128 #3CA228 #2879A2

square

#8E28A2 #A25128 #3CA228 #2879A2

split-complementary

#8E28A2 #79A228 #28A251

monochromatic

#381040 #631C71 #8E28A2 #B639CE #C86ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#8E28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8E28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E28A2

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E28A2	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.197 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dbe',
    500: '#8e28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e28a2;
$custom-light: #b36dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.164,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48798,
    "c": 0.19672,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E28A2

secondary

#74C165

accent

#E4445E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E28A2

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

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