#8B217C#8B217C

#8B217C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.172 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B217C
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.05, 53.43, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.05, 59.90, 333.13°)
OKLab	oklab(45.43% 0.1555 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(45.43% 0.172 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8296, 8.0332, 19.8344)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B217C #218B30

analogous

#65218B #8B217C #8B2147

triadic

#8B217C #7C8B21 #217C8B

tetradic

#8B217C #8B6521 #218B30 #21478B

square

#8B217C #8B6521 #218B30 #21478B

split-complementary

#8B217C #478B21 #218B65

monochromatic

#280A24 #5A1550 #8B217C #BC2DA8 #D651C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8B217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B217C

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B217C	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F467E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.172 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a2',
    500: '#8b217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b217c;
$custom-light: #b068a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.491,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45429,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B217C

secondary

#4FB95E

accent

#E55A43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B217C

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

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