#8B1E8E#8B1E8E

#8B1E8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.189 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E8E
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(298, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 57.31, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 68.30, 327.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.25% 0.1585 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(46.25% 0.189 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9940, 8.3717, 26.3594)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E8E #218E1E

analogous

#531E8E #8B1E8E #8E1E59

triadic

#8B1E8E #8E8B1E #1E8E8B

tetradic

#8B1E8E #8E531E #218E1E #1E598E

square

#8B1E8E #8E531E #218E1E #1E598E

split-complementary

#8B1E8E #598E1E #1E8E53

monochromatic

#280929 #5A135B #8B1E8E #BC29C1 #D64DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#8B1E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8B1E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E8E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E8E	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B568B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.189 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b168af',
    500: '#8b1e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e8e;
$custom-light: #b168af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.393,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46254,
    "c": 0.18913,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E8E

secondary

#4FBC4C

accent

#E84044

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E8E

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

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