#8B217A#8B217A

#8B217A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.171 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B217A
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(310, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(310, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.95, 53.12, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.95, 59.14, 333.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.32% 0.1553 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(45.32% 0.171 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7044, 7.9831, 19.1751)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B217A #218B32

analogous

#67218B #8B217A #8B2145

triadic

#8B217A #7A8B21 #217A8B

tetradic

#8B217A #8B6721 #218B32 #21458B

square

#8B217A #8B6721 #218B32 #21458B

split-complementary

#8B217A #458B21 #218B67

monochromatic

#280A23 #5A154F #8B217A #BC2DA5 #D651C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#8B217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B217A

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B217A	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21467C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92294B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.171 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a1',
    500: '#8b217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b217a;
$custom-light: #b068a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.623,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45321,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B217A

secondary

#4FB960

accent

#E55D43

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B217A

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

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