#8B2183#8B2183

#8B2183 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.178 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2183
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(305, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(305, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, 54.55, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 62.67, 330.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.82% 0.1559 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(45.82% 0.178 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2881, 8.2166, 22.2491)
Luminance	0.0822 (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

#8B2183 #218B29

analogous

#5E218B #8B2183 #8B214E

triadic

#8B2183 #838B21 #21838B

tetradic

#8B2183 #8B5E21 #218B29 #214E8B

square

#8B2183 #8B5E21 #218B29 #214E8B

split-complementary

#8B2183 #4E8B21 #218B5E

monochromatic

#280A26 #5A1554 #8B2183 #BC2DB2 #D651CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#8B2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8B2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2183

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2183	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.178 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a7',
    500: '#8b2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2183;
$custom-light: #b068a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.528,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45823,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2183

secondary

#4FB957

accent

#E54F43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2183

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

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