#8B2284#8B2284

#8B2284 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.177 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2284
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 132)
HSL	hsl(304, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(304, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.60, 54.38, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.60, 62.70, 330.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.96% 0.155 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(45.96% 0.177 331)
XYZ	xyz(15.3843, 8.3002, 22.6172)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2284 #228B29

analogous

#5E228B #8B2284 #8B2250

triadic

#8B2284 #848B22 #22848B

tetradic

#8B2284 #8B5E22 #228B29 #22508B

square

#8B2284 #8B5E22 #228B29 #22508B

split-complementary

#8B2284 #508B22 #228B5E

monochromatic

#290A27 #5A1655 #8B2284 #BC2EB3 #D553CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8B2284 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B2284 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2284

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2284	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2284	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2284;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.177 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a8',
    500: '#8b2284',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2284;
$custom-light: #b069a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2284",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45964,
    "c": 0.17723,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.08299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2284

secondary

#50B857

accent

#E44F44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2284

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

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