#8B218C#8B218C

#8B218C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.185 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B218C
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 56.05, -35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 66.40, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.1559 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.185 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9247, 8.4713, 25.6022)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B218C #228C21

analogous

#56218C #8B218C #8C2158

triadic

#8B218C #8C8B21 #218C8B

tetradic

#8B218C #8C5621 #228C21 #21588C

square

#8B218C #8C5621 #228C21 #21588C

split-complementary

#8B218C #588C21 #218C56

monochromatic

#290A29 #5A155A #8B218C #BC2DBE #D551D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8B218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B218C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B218C	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05498F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.185 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ae',
    500: '#8b218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b218c;
$custom-light: #b069ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.439,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46359,
    "c": 0.18457,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B218C

secondary

#50B94F

accent

#E54344

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B218C

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

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