#8B2189#8B2189

#8B2189 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.182 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2189
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, 55.54, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 65.14, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(46.18% 0.156 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(46.18% 0.182 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7065, 8.3840, 24.4531)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2189 #218B23

analogous

#58218B #8B2189 #8B2154

triadic

#8B2189 #898B21 #21898B

tetradic

#8B2189 #8B5821 #218B23 #21548B

square

#8B2189 #8B5821 #218B23 #21548B

split-complementary

#8B2189 #548B21 #218B58

monochromatic

#280A28 #5A1558 #8B2189 #BC2DBA #D651D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#8B2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2189

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2189	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D498C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.182 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ac',
    500: '#8b2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2189;
$custom-light: #b069ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.132,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46177,
    "c": 0.1822,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2189

secondary

#4FB951

accent

#E54643

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2189

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

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