#8B217B#8B217B

#8B217B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.172 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B217B
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 53.28, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 59.52, 333.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.1554 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.172 335)
XYZ	xyz(14.7667, 8.0081, 19.5031)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B217B #218B31

analogous

#66218B #8B217B #8B2146

triadic

#8B217B #7B8B21 #217B8B

tetradic

#8B217B #8B6621 #218B31 #21468B

square

#8B217B #8B6621 #218B31 #21468B

split-complementary

#8B217B #468B21 #218B66

monochromatic

#280A23 #5A154F #8B217B #BC2DA7 #D651C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8B217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B217B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B217B	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20467D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.172 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a1',
    500: '#8b217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b217b;
$custom-light: #b068a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.057,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45375,
    "c": 0.17153,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.08007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B217B

secondary

#4FB95F

accent

#E55B43

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B217B

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

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