#8E28B9#8E28B9

#8E28B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.217 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E28B9
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 185)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 78.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.19, 62.77, -55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.19, 84.03, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1484 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.217 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6695, 10.7718, 46.8799)
Luminance	0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E28B9 #53B928

analogous

#4628B9 #8E28B9 #B9289C

triadic

#8E28B9 #B98E28 #28B98E

tetradic

#8E28B9 #B94628 #53B928 #289CB9

square

#8E28B9 #B94628 #53B928 #289CB9

split-complementary

#8E28B9 #9CB928 #28B946

monochromatic

#411254 #671D87 #8E28B9 #AC47D7 #C379E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#8E28B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#8E28B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E28B9

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E28B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E28B9	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#145EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e28b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.217 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46ecf',
    500: '#8e28b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e28b9;
$custom-light: #b46ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e28b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.207,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50406,
    "c": 0.21677,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E28B9

secondary

#8DCA73

accent

#E74072

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E28B9

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