#8B218A#8B218A

#8B218A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.183 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B218A
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 55.71, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 65.56, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.24% 0.156 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(46.24% 0.183 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7786, 8.4128, 24.8326)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B218A #218B22

analogous

#57218B #8B218A #8B2155

triadic

#8B218A #8A8B21 #218A8B

tetradic

#8B218A #8B5721 #218B22 #21558B

square

#8B218A #8B5721 #218B22 #21558B

split-complementary

#8B218A #558B21 #218B57

monochromatic

#280A28 #5A1559 #8B218A #BC2DBB #D651D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8B218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B218A

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B218A	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B498D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.183 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ac',
    500: '#8b218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b218a;
$custom-light: #b069ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.566,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46237,
    "c": 0.18299,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B218A

secondary

#4FB950

accent

#E54543

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B218A

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

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