#8B2187#8B2187

#8B2187 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.181 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2187
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(302, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(302, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, 55.21, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 64.31, 329.15°)
OKLab	oklab(46.06% 0.156 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(46.06% 0.181 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5644, 8.3272, 23.7045)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2187 #218B25

analogous

#5A218B #8B2187 #8B2152

triadic

#8B2187 #878B21 #21878B

tetradic

#8B2187 #8B5A21 #218B25 #21528B

square

#8B2187 #8B5A21 #218B25 #21528B

split-complementary

#8B2187 #528B21 #218B5A

monochromatic

#280A27 #5A1557 #8B2187 #BC2DB7 #D651D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#8B2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8B2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2187

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2187	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11488A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.181 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069aa',
    500: '#8b2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2187;
$custom-light: #b069aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.264,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46057,
    "c": 0.18064,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2187

secondary

#4FB953

accent

#E54943

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2187

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

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