#8E28A7#8E28A7

#8E28A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.201 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E28A7
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 167)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 76%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, 59.24, -47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 75.73, 321.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.1512 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.201 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8882, 10.0593, 37.4984)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E28A7 #41A728

analogous

#4E28A7 #8E28A7 #A72880

triadic

#8E28A7 #A78E28 #28A78E

tetradic

#8E28A7 #A74E28 #41A728 #2880A7

square

#8E28A7 #A74E28 #41A728 #2880A7

split-complementary

#8E28A7 #80A728 #28A74E

monochromatic

#3A1044 #641C76 #8E28A7 #B33CD0 #C66DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#8E28A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8E28A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E28A7

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E28A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E28A7	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e28a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.201 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dc2',
    500: '#8e28a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e28a7;
$custom-light: #b36dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e28a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.189,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49133,
    "c": 0.20103,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E28A7

secondary

#7AC368

accent

#E44363

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E28A7

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

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