#8B219E#8B219E

#8B219E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.199 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B219E
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.07, 59.25, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.07, 74.27, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1546 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.199 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3622, 9.0463, 33.1727)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B219E #349E21

analogous

#4D219E #8B219E #9E2173

triadic

#8B219E #9E8B21 #219E8B

tetradic

#8B219E #9E4D21 #349E21 #21739E

square

#8B219E #9E4D21 #349E21 #21739E

split-complementary

#8B219E #739E21 #219E4D

monochromatic

#320C39 #5E166B #8B219E #B82CD1 #C95CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#8B219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B219E

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B219E	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.199 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16abb',
    500: '#8b219e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b219e;
$custom-light: #b16abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4752,
    "c": 0.19922,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B219E

secondary

#69C159

accent

#E83F59

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B219E

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

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