#8B209C#8B209C

#8B209C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.199 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B209C
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, 59.18, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 73.73, 323.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.1557 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.199 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1641, 8.9233, 32.2643)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B209C #319C20

analogous

#4D209C #8B209C #9C206F

triadic

#8B209C #9C8B20 #209C8B

tetradic

#8B209C #9C4D20 #319C20 #206F9C

square

#8B209C #9C4D20 #319C20 #206F9C

split-complementary

#8B209C #6F9C20 #209C4D

monochromatic

#310B36 #5E1669 #8B209C #B82ACF #CB59DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#8B209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8B209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B209C

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B209C	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.199 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169ba',
    500: '#8b209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b209c;
$custom-light: #b169ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.774,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47311,
    "c": 0.19851,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B209C

secondary

#65C157

accent

#E93F56

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B209C

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

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