#8B218B#8B218B

#8B218B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.184 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B218B
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(300, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 55.88, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 65.98, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(46.3% 0.1559 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(46.3% 0.184 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8513, 8.4419, 25.2157)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B218B #218B21

analogous

#56218B #8B218B #8B2156

triadic

#8B218B #8B8B21 #218B8B

tetradic

#8B218B #8B5621 #218B21 #21568B

square

#8B218B #8B5621 #218B21 #21568B

split-complementary

#8B218B #568B21 #218B56

monochromatic

#280A28 #5A155A #8B218B #BC2DBC #D651D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8B218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B218B

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B218B	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08498E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.184 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ad',
    500: '#8b218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b218b;
$custom-light: #b069ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46298,
    "c": 0.18378,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B218B

secondary

#4FB94F

accent

#E54343

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B218B

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

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