#8B208C#8B208C

#8B208C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.186 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B208C
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.84, 56.37, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.84, 66.76, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% 0.1568 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.186 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8974, 8.4166, 25.5931)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B208C #218C20

analogous

#55208C #8B208C #8C2057

triadic

#8B208C #8C8B20 #208C8B

tetradic

#8B208C #8C5520 #218C20 #20578C

square

#8B208C #8C5520 #218C20 #20578C

split-complementary

#8B208C #578C20 #208C55

monochromatic

#280928 #5A155A #8B208C #BC2BBE #D650D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8B208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B208C

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B208C	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03498F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.186 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068ae',
    500: '#8b208c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b208c;
$custom-light: #b068ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4628,
    "c": 0.18559,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B208C

secondary

#4FBA4E

accent

#E64243

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B208C

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

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