#8B2386#8B2386

#8B2386 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.178 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2386
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 134)
HSL	hsl(303, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(303, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 54.38, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 63.14, 329.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.16% 0.1541 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(46.16% 0.178 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5515, 8.4135, 23.3545)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2386 #238B28

analogous

#5C238B #8B2386 #8B2352

triadic

#8B2386 #868B23 #23868B

tetradic

#8B2386 #8B5C23 #238B28 #23528B

square

#8B2386 #8B5C23 #238B28 #23528B

split-complementary

#8B2386 #528B23 #238B5C

monochromatic

#290A28 #5A1757 #8B2386 #BC2FB5 #D454CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8B2386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B2386 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2386

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2386	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.178 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a9',
    500: '#8b2386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2386;
$custom-light: #b069a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.885,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46164,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2386

secondary

#52B857

accent

#E34C45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2386

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

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