#8B1685#8B1685

#8B1685 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.189 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1685
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 133)
HSL	hsl(303, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(303, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 57.96, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 67.00, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% 0.1648 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.189 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1680, 7.7575, 22.8842)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1685 #168B1C

analogous

#57168B #8B1685 #8B164B

triadic

#8B1685 #858B16 #16858B

tetradic

#8B1685 #8B5716 #168B1C #164B8B

square

#8B1685 #8B5716 #168B1C #164B8B

split-complementary

#8B1685 #4B8B16 #168B57

monochromatic

#210520 #560E52 #8B1685 #C01EB8 #E03BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8B1685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B1685 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1685

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1685	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91294F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.189 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a9',
    500: '#8b1685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1685;
$custom-light: #b165a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.077,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45177,
    "c": 0.1892,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1685

secondary

#3EBF45

accent

#EF4238

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1685

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

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