#8B2286#8B2286

#8B2286 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.179 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2286
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 134)
HSL	hsl(303, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, 54.71, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 63.52, 329.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% 0.155 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.179 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5225, 8.3555, 23.3449)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2286 #228B27

analogous

#5C228B #8B2286 #8B2252

triadic

#8B2286 #868B22 #22868B

tetradic

#8B2286 #8B5C22 #228B27 #22528B

square

#8B2286 #8B5C22 #228B27 #22528B

split-complementary

#8B2286 #528B22 #228B5C

monochromatic

#290A27 #5A1657 #8B2286 #BC2EB5 #D553CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8B2286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8B2286 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2286

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2286	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.179 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a9',
    500: '#8b2286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2286;
$custom-light: #b069a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4608,
    "c": 0.17879,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2286

secondary

#50B855

accent

#E44C44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2286

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →