#8B2182#8B2182

#8B2182 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.177 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2182
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(305, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(305, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.37, 54.39, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.37, 62.27, 330.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.1558 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.177 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2206, 8.1896, 21.8939)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2182 #218B2A

analogous

#5F218B #8B2182 #8B214D

triadic

#8B2182 #828B21 #21828B

tetradic

#8B2182 #8B5F21 #218B2A #214D8B

square

#8B2182 #8B5F21 #218B2A #214D8B

split-complementary

#8B2182 #4D8B21 #218B5F

monochromatic

#280A25 #5A1554 #8B2182 #BC2DB0 #D651CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8B2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8B2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2182

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2182	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44567F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.177 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a6',
    500: '#8b2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2182;
$custom-light: #b068a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.094,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45766,
    "c": 0.17678,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2182

secondary

#4FB958

accent

#E55143

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2182

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

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