#8B18B4#8B18B4

#8B18B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.224 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B18B4
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(284, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 86.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, 65.78, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 86.90, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1567 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.224 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2109, 9.4382, 43.9810)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B18B4 #41B418

analogous

#3D18B4 #8B18B4 #B4188F

triadic

#8B18B4 #B48B18 #18B48B

tetradic

#8B18B4 #B43D18 #41B418 #188FB4

square

#8B18B4 #B43D18 #41B418 #188FB4

split-complementary

#8B18B4 #8FB418 #18B43D

monochromatic

#380A48 #61117E #8B18B4 #B127E2 #C55DE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8B18B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8B18B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B18B4

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B18B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B18B4	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b18b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.224 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b268cb',
    500: '#8b18b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b18b4;
$custom-light: #b268cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b18b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48534,
    "c": 0.22446,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B18B4

secondary

#79CD5B

accent

#F33567

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B18B4

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

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