#8B2486#8B2486

#8B2486 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.177 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2486
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 134)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(303, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 54.04, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 62.75, 329.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.25% 0.1531 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(46.25% 0.177 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5813, 8.4732, 23.3645)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2486 #248B29

analogous

#5D248B #8B2486 #8B2453

triadic

#8B2486 #868B24 #24868B

tetradic

#8B2486 #8B5D24 #248B29 #24538B

square

#8B2486 #8B5D24 #248B29 #24538B

split-complementary

#8B2486 #538B24 #248B5D

monochromatic

#2A0B28 #5A1757 #8B2486 #BC31B5 #D356CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8B2486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B2486 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2486

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2486	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.177 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aa9',
    500: '#8b2486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2486;
$custom-light: #b06aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.913,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4625,
    "c": 0.17657,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2486

secondary

#53B758

accent

#E24D46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2486

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

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