#8E28B7#8E28B7

#8E28B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.215 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E28B7
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 183)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.05, 62.37, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.05, 83.10, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.1488 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.215 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4599, 10.6880, 45.7758)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E28B7 #51B728

analogous

#4628B7 #8E28B7 #B72898

triadic

#8E28B7 #B78E28 #28B78E

tetradic

#8E28B7 #B74628 #51B728 #2898B7

square

#8E28B7 #B74628 #51B728 #2898B7

split-complementary

#8E28B7 #98B728 #28B746

monochromatic

#401253 #671D85 #8E28B7 #AD46D6 #C378E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#8E28B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8E28B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E28B7

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E28B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E28B7	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e28b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.215 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46ecd',
    500: '#8e28b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e28b7;
$custom-light: #b46ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e28b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.797,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5026,
    "c": 0.21502,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E28B7

secondary

#8BC972

accent

#E74170

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E28B7

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