#8B2389#8B2389

#8B2389 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.180 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2389
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(301, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 54.88, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 64.39, 328.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.1541 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.18 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7637, 8.4984, 24.4721)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2389 #238B25

analogous

#59238B #8B2389 #8B2355

triadic

#8B2389 #898B23 #23898B

tetradic

#8B2389 #8B5923 #238B25 #23558B

square

#8B2389 #8B5923 #238B25 #23558B

split-complementary

#8B2389 #558B23 #238B59

monochromatic

#290A29 #5A1759 #8B2389 #BC2FB9 #D454D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#8B2389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8B2389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2389

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2389	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.180 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aac',
    500: '#8b2389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2389;
$custom-light: #b06aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46341,
    "c": 0.18006,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2389

secondary

#52B854

accent

#E34845

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2389

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

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