#8E28A5#8E28A5

#8E28A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.199 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E28A5
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 165)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 58.86, -46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 74.82, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49% 0.1514 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.199 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7048, 9.9859, 36.5322)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E28A5 #3FA528

analogous

#4F28A5 #8E28A5 #A5287D

triadic

#8E28A5 #A58E28 #28A58E

tetradic

#8E28A5 #A54F28 #3FA528 #287DA5

square

#8E28A5 #A54F28 #3FA528 #287DA5

split-complementary

#8E28A5 #7DA528 #28A54F

monochromatic

#391042 #641C74 #8E28A5 #B43BCF #C76CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8E28A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E28A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E28A5

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E28A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E28A5	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e28a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.199 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dc0',
    500: '#8e28a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e28a5;
$custom-light: #b36dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e28a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.96,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48998,
    "c": 0.19931,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E28A5

secondary

#78C267

accent

#E44461

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E28A5

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

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