#8B2185#8B2185

#8B2185 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.179 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2185
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(303, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.54, 54.88, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.54, 63.48, 329.82°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% 0.1559 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.179 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4249, 8.2714, 22.9699)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2185 #218B27

analogous

#5C218B #8B2185 #8B2150

triadic

#8B2185 #858B21 #21858B

tetradic

#8B2185 #8B5C21 #218B27 #21508B

square

#8B2185 #8B5C21 #218B27 #21508B

split-complementary

#8B2185 #508B21 #218B5C

monochromatic

#280A26 #5A1556 #8B2185 #BC2DB4 #D651CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#8B2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8B2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2185

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2185	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.179 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a9',
    500: '#8b2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2185;
$custom-light: #b069a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.396,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4594,
    "c": 0.17908,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2185

secondary

#4FB955

accent

#E54C43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2185

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

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