#8B199E#8B199E

#8B199E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.206 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B199E
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 61.47, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 76.79, 323.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.98% 0.1606 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(46.98% 0.206 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1659, 8.6538, 33.1073)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B199E #2C9E19

analogous

#49199E #8B199E #9E196E

triadic

#8B199E #9E8B19 #199E8B

tetradic

#8B199E #9E4919 #2C9E19 #196E9E

square

#8B199E #9E4919 #2C9E19 #196E9E

split-complementary

#8B199E #6E9E19 #199E49

monochromatic

#2E0834 #5D1169 #8B199E #B921D3 #CE4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#8B199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8B199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B199E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B199E	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C579B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C385E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.206 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167bb',
    500: '#8b199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b199e;
$custom-light: #b167bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46982,
    "c": 0.20605,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B199E

secondary

#5FC54E

accent

#EF3853

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B199E

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

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