#8B2485#8B2485

#8B2485 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.176 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2485
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 133)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(303, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 53.87, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 62.33, 329.79°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.153 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.176 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5119, 8.4454, 22.9989)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2485 #248B2A

analogous

#5E248B #8B2485 #8B2452

triadic

#8B2485 #858B24 #24858B

tetradic

#8B2485 #8B5E24 #248B2A #24528B

square

#8B2485 #8B5E24 #248B2A #24528B

split-complementary

#8B2485 #528B24 #248B5E

monochromatic

#2A0B28 #5A1756 #8B2485 #BC31B4 #D356CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8B2485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B2485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2485

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2485	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)

#194988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.176 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aa9',
    500: '#8b2485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2485;
$custom-light: #b06aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.495,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46192,
    "c": 0.17578,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2485

secondary

#53B759

accent

#E24F46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2485

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

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