#8B2181#8B2181

#8B2181 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.176 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2181
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(306, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 7.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, 54.23, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 61.87, 331.22°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.1558 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.176 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1538, 8.1629, 21.5421)
Luminance	0.0816 (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

#8B2181 #218B2B

analogous

#60218B #8B2181 #8B214C

triadic

#8B2181 #818B21 #21818B

tetradic

#8B2181 #8B6021 #218B2B #214C8B

square

#8B2181 #8B6021 #218B2B #214C8B

split-complementary

#8B2181 #4C8B21 #218B60

monochromatic

#280A25 #5A1553 #8B2181 #BC2DAF #D651C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#8B2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8B2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2181

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2181	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44567E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.176 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a6',
    500: '#8b2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2181;
$custom-light: #b068a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.66,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45709,
    "c": 0.17602,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2181

secondary

#4FB959

accent

#E55243

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2181

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

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