#8B138E#8B138E

#8B138E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.198 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B138E
RGB	rgb(139, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 60.08, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 71.46, 327.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.58% 0.1662 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(45.58% 0.198 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7626, 7.9089, 26.2823)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B138E #168E13

analogous

#4E138E #8B138E #8E1354

triadic

#8B138E #8E8B13 #138E8B

tetradic

#8B138E #8E4E13 #168E13 #13548E

square

#8B138E #8E4E13 #168E13 #13548E

split-complementary

#8B138E #548E13 #138E4E

monochromatic

#210522 #560C58 #8B138E #C01AC4 #E037E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8B138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B138E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B138E	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37548B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.198 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164b0',
    500: '#8b138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b138e;
$custom-light: #b164b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.537,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45579,
    "c": 0.19802,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B138E

secondary

#3EC23B

accent

#F33539

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B138E

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

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