#8B2198#8B2198

#8B2198 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.194 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2198
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 58.15, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 71.61, 324.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.12% 0.1553 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(47.12% 0.194 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8583, 8.8447, 30.5189)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2198 #2E9821

analogous

#502198 #8B2198 #98216A

triadic

#8B2198 #988B21 #21988B

tetradic

#8B2198 #985021 #2E9821 #216A98

square

#8B2198 #985021 #2E9821 #216A98

split-complementary

#8B2198 #6A9821 #219850

monochromatic

#2F0B33 #5D1666 #8B2198 #B92CCA #CD59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#8B2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#8B2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2198

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2198	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D395C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.194 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169b7',
    500: '#8b2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2198;
$custom-light: #b169b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.445,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4712,
    "c": 0.19427,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2198

secondary

#61BF56

accent

#E74053

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2198

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

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