#8B1E9E#8B1E9E

#8B1E9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.202 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E9E
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(291, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 81%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, 60.14, -45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 75.28, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% 0.157 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.202 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.2826, 8.8871, 33.1462)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E9E #319E1E

analogous

#4B1E9E #8B1E9E #9E1E71

triadic

#8B1E9E #9E8B1E #1E9E8B

tetradic

#8B1E9E #9E4B1E #319E1E #1E719E

square

#8B1E9E #9E4B1E #319E1E #1E719E

split-complementary

#8B1E9E #719E1E #1E9E4B

monochromatic

#310A37 #5E146B #8B1E9E #B828D1 #CB57DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#8B1E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8B1E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E9E

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E9E	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.202 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169bb',
    500: '#8b1e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e9e;
$custom-light: #b169bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.094,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47304,
    "c": 0.20196,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.08886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E9E

secondary

#65C355

accent

#EB3D57

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E9E

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

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