#8B18A0#8B18A0

#8B18A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.208 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B18A0
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 160)
HSL	hsl(291, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 85%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, 62.07, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 77.94, 322.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.06% 0.1609 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(47.06% 0.208 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3185, 8.6813, 34.0143)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B18A0 #2DA018

analogous

#4718A0 #8B18A0 #A01871

triadic

#8B18A0 #A08B18 #18A08B

tetradic

#8B18A0 #A04718 #2DA018 #1871A0

square

#8B18A0 #A04718 #2DA018 #1871A0

split-complementary

#8B18A0 #71A018 #18A047

monochromatic

#2F0836 #5D106B #8B18A0 #B920D5 #CD4EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#8B18A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8B18A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B18A0

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B18A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B18A0	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29579D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b18a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.208 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167bd',
    500: '#8b18a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b18a0;
$custom-light: #b167bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b18a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.735,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47063,
    "c": 0.20838,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B18A0

secondary

#60C64D

accent

#F13754

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B18A0

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

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