#8B2399#8B2399

#8B2399 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.193 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2399
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.97, 57.70, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.97, 71.32, 323.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.1534 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.193 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9977, 8.9919, 30.9711)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2399 #319923

analogous

#502399 #8B2399 #99236C

triadic

#8B2399 #998B23 #23998B

tetradic

#8B2399 #995023 #319923 #236C99

square

#8B2399 #995023 #319923 #236C99

split-complementary

#8B2399 #6C9923 #239950

monochromatic

#310C35 #5E1867 #8B2399 #B82ECB #CB5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#8B2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8B2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2399

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2399	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.193 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ab8',
    500: '#8b2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2399;
$custom-light: #b16ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.881,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47343,
    "c": 0.1931,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2399

secondary

#65BE59

accent

#E64255

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2399

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

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