#8B15B4#8B15B4

#8B15B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.226 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B15B4
RGB	rgb(139, 21, 180)
HSL	hsl(285, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(285, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 88.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 66.43, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 87.62, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1583 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.226 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1524, 9.3213, 43.9615)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B15B4 #3EB415

analogous

#3B15B4 #8B15B4 #B4158E

triadic

#8B15B4 #B48B15 #15B48B

tetradic

#8B15B4 #B43B15 #3EB415 #158EB4

square

#8B15B4 #B43B15 #3EB415 #158EB4

split-complementary

#8B15B4 #8EB415 #15B43B

monochromatic

#360846 #610F7D #8B15B4 #B321E5 #C558EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8B15B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8B15B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B15B4

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B15B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B15B4	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87426A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b15b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 21, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.226 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b267cb',
    500: '#8b15b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b15b4;
$custom-light: #b267cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b15b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.528,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48382,
    "c": 0.2263,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B15B4

secondary

#75CF56

accent

#F63265

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6EBF9

border

#D0C6D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B15B4

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

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