#8B217D#8B217D

#8B217D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.173 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B217D
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.10, 53.59, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.10, 60.29, 332.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.1556 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.173 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8931, 8.0586, 20.1692)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B217D #218B2F

analogous

#64218B #8B217D #8B2148

triadic

#8B217D #7D8B21 #217D8B

tetradic

#8B217D #8B6421 #218B2F #21488B

square

#8B217D #8B6421 #218B2F #21488B

split-complementary

#8B217D #488B21 #218B64

monochromatic

#280A24 #5A1551 #8B217D #BC2DA9 #D651C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8B217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B217D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B217D	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E467F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.173 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a3',
    500: '#8b217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b217d;
$custom-light: #b068a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.925,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45485,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B217D

secondary

#4FB95D

accent

#E55843

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B217D

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

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