#8B2188#8B2188

#8B2188 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.181 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2188
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 136)
HSL	hsl(302, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(302, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, 55.37, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 64.72, 328.82°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% 0.156 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.181 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6351, 8.3554, 24.0771)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2188 #218B24

analogous

#59218B #8B2188 #8B2153

triadic

#8B2188 #888B21 #21888B

tetradic

#8B2188 #8B5921 #218B24 #21538B

square

#8B2188 #8B5921 #218B24 #21538B

split-complementary

#8B2188 #538B21 #218B59

monochromatic

#280A27 #5A1558 #8B2188 #BC2DB8 #D651D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8B2188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8B2188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2188

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2188	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F498B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.181 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ab',
    500: '#8b2188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2188;
$custom-light: #b069ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.698,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46117,
    "c": 0.18141,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2188

secondary

#4FB952

accent

#E54843

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2188

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

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