#8B209E#8B209E

#8B209E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.200 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B209E
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(291, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.97, 59.55, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.97, 74.62, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.1555 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.2 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.3348, 8.9916, 33.1636)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B209E #339E20

analogous

#4C209E #8B209E #9E2072

triadic

#8B209E #9E8B20 #209E8B

tetradic

#8B209E #9E4C20 #339E20 #20729E

square

#8B209E #9E4C20 #339E20 #20729E

split-complementary

#8B209E #729E20 #209E4C

monochromatic

#310B38 #5E166B #8B209E #B82AD1 #CA5BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#8B209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8B209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B209E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B209E	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.200 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169bb',
    500: '#8b209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b209e;
$custom-light: #b169bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.952,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47446,
    "c": 0.20016,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.08991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B209E

secondary

#68C258

accent

#E93F58

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B209E

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

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