#8B158D#8B158D

#8B158D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.196 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B158D
RGB	rgb(139, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 59.49, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 70.55, 327.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% 0.1651 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.196 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7231, 7.9496, 25.9004)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B158D #178D15

analogous

#4F158D #8B158D #8D1553

triadic

#8B158D #8D8B15 #158D8B

tetradic

#8B158D #8D4F15 #178D15 #15538D

square

#8B158D #8D4F15 #178D15 #15538D

split-complementary

#8B158D #538D15 #158D4F

monochromatic

#220522 #560D58 #8B158D #C01DC2 #DF3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8B158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B158D

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B158D	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39558A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.196 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165af',
    500: '#8b158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b158d;
$custom-light: #b165af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4562,
    "c": 0.19589,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B158D

secondary

#3FC13D

accent

#F1373A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B158D

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

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