#8B188B#8B188B

#8B188B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.192 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B188B
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 58.45, -36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 68.91, 328.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% 0.1632 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.192 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6341, 8.0075, 25.1433)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B188B #188B18

analogous

#52188B #8B188B #8B1852

triadic

#8B188B #8B8B18 #188B8B

tetradic

#8B188B #8B5218 #188B18 #18528B

square

#8B188B #8B5218 #188B18 #18528B

split-complementary

#8B188B #528B18 #188B52

monochromatic

#230623 #570F57 #8B188B #BF21BF #DE3FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8B188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B188B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B188B	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.192 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166ad',
    500: '#8b188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b188b;
$custom-light: #b166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45666,
    "c": 0.1921,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B188B

secondary

#40BE40

accent

#ED3A3A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B188B

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

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