#8B2184#8B2184

#8B2184 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.178 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2184
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(304, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(304, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.49, 54.71, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.49, 63.08, 330.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% 0.1559 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.178 331)
XYZ	xyz(15.3562, 8.2439, 22.6078)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2184 #218B28

analogous

#5D218B #8B2184 #8B214F

triadic

#8B2184 #848B21 #21848B

tetradic

#8B2184 #8B5D21 #218B28 #214F8B

square

#8B2184 #8B5D21 #218B28 #214F8B

split-complementary

#8B2184 #4F8B21 #218B5D

monochromatic

#280A26 #5A1555 #8B2184 #BC2DB3 #D651CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#8B2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8B2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2184

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2184	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.178 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a8',
    500: '#8b2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2184;
$custom-light: #b069a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.962,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45881,
    "c": 0.17831,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.08243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2184

secondary

#4FB956

accent

#E54E43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2184

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

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