#8B2280#8B2280

#8B2280 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.174 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2280
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(306, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(306, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.38, 53.73, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.38, 61.09, 331.59°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% 0.1548 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.174 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1158, 8.1928, 21.2031)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2280 #228B2D

analogous

#62228B #8B2280 #8B224C

triadic

#8B2280 #808B22 #22808B

tetradic

#8B2280 #8B6222 #228B2D #224C8B

square

#8B2280 #8B6222 #228B2D #224C8B

split-complementary

#8B2280 #4C8B22 #228B62

monochromatic

#290A25 #5A1653 #8B2280 #BC2EAD #D553C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8B2280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8B2280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2280

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2280	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45567D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.174 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a5',
    500: '#8b2280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2280;
$custom-light: #b069a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45735,
    "c": 0.17417,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2280

secondary

#50B85B

accent

#E45544

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2280

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

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