#8B2387#8B2387

#8B2387 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.178 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2387
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(302, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 54.55, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 63.55, 329.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.1541 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.178 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6216, 8.4415, 23.7236)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2387 #238B27

analogous

#5B238B #8B2387 #8B2353

triadic

#8B2387 #878B23 #23878B

tetradic

#8B2387 #8B5B23 #238B27 #23538B

square

#8B2387 #8B5B23 #238B27 #23538B

split-complementary

#8B2387 #538B23 #238B5B

monochromatic

#290A28 #5A1758 #8B2387 #BC2FB6 #D454CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8B2387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B2387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2387

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2387	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15498A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.178 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069aa',
    500: '#8b2387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2387;
$custom-light: #b069aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46223,
    "c": 0.17848,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2387

secondary

#52B856

accent

#E34B45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2387

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

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