#8B209B#8B209B

#8B209B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.198 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B209B
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(292, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, 59.00, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 73.28, 323.62°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.1558 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.198 322)
XYZ	xyz(17.0797, 8.8895, 31.8202)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B209B #309B20

analogous

#4E209B #8B209B #9B206E

triadic

#8B209B #9B8B20 #209B8B

tetradic

#8B209B #9B4E20 #309B20 #206E9B

square

#8B209B #9B4E20 #309B20 #206E9B

split-complementary

#8B209B #6E9B20 #209B4E

monochromatic

#300B36 #5E1668 #8B209B #B82ACE #CC59DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#8B209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8B209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B209B

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B209B	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)

#004D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D395E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.198 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169b9',
    500: '#8b209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b209b;
$custom-light: #b169b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.195,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47244,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.08889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B209B

secondary

#64C156

accent

#E93F55

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B209B

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

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