#8E28B5#8E28B5

#8E28B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.213 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E28B5
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 181)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.91, 61.97, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.91, 82.17, 318.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.1491 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.213 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2532, 10.6053, 44.6873)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E28B5 #4FB528

analogous

#4728B5 #8E28B5 #B52895

triadic

#8E28B5 #B58E28 #28B58E

tetradic

#8E28B5 #B54728 #4FB528 #2895B5

square

#8E28B5 #B54728 #4FB528 #2895B5

split-complementary

#8E28B5 #95B528 #28B547

monochromatic

#3F1251 #671D83 #8E28B5 #AE44D6 #C377E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#8E28B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8E28B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E28B5

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E28B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E28B5	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e28b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.213 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46ecc',
    500: '#8e28b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e28b5;
$custom-light: #b46ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e28b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50115,
    "c": 0.21326,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E28B5

secondary

#89C870

accent

#E7416F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E28B5

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

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