#8B208B#8B208B

#8B208B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.185 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B208B
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(300, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 56.20, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 66.34, 327.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.1568 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.185 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8240, 8.3872, 25.2065)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B208B #208B20

analogous

#55208B #8B208B #8B2055

triadic

#8B208B #8B8B20 #208B8B

tetradic

#8B208B #8B5520 #208B20 #20558B

square

#8B208B #8B5520 #208B20 #20558B

split-complementary

#8B208B #558B20 #208B55

monochromatic

#280928 #591559 #8B208B #BD2BBD #D64FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#8B208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B208B

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B208B	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05498E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.185 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068ad',
    500: '#8b208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b208b;
$custom-light: #b068ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46219,
    "c": 0.18481,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B208B

secondary

#4DBA4D

accent

#E64242

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B208B

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

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