#8B1BB4#8B1BB4

#8B1BB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.222 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1BB4
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(284, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 85%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 65.07, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 86.10, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% 0.1549 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.222 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2762, 9.5688, 44.0027)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1BB4 #44B41B

analogous

#3F1BB4 #8B1BB4 #B41B90

triadic

#8B1BB4 #B48B1B #1BB48B

tetradic

#8B1BB4 #B43F1B #44B41B #1B90B4

square

#8B1BB4 #B43F1B #44B41B #1B90B4

split-complementary

#8B1BB4 #90B41B #1BB43F

monochromatic

#390B4A #62137F #8B1BB4 #B02DDF #C462E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8B1BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8B1BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1BB4

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1BB4	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#015AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.222 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b269cb',
    500: '#8b1bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1bb4;
$custom-light: #b269cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.922,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48702,
    "c": 0.22242,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1BB4

secondary

#7CCC5F

accent

#F13769

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1BB4

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

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