#8B248D#8B248D
#8B248D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.182 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8B248D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 36, 141) |
| HSL | hsl(299, 59%, 35%) |
| HSV | hsv(299, 74%, 55%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.35, 55.23, -35.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(35.35, 65.70, 327.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(46.67% 0.1531 -0.0987) |
| OKLCH | oklch(46.67% 0.182 327.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.0858, 8.6749, 26.0213) |
| Luminance | 0.0867 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Warm Purple
#952E8F
ΔE00 2.96
Darkmagenta
#8B008B
ΔE00 2.98
Barney Purple
#A00498
ΔE00 3.78
Purple
#800080
ΔE00 4.56
Purple (survey)
#7E1E9C
ΔE00 4.83
Darkish Purple
#751973
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8B248D #268D24
analogous
#57248D #8B248D #8D245B
triadic
#8B248D #8D8B24 #248D8B
tetradic
#8B248D #8D5724 #268D24 #245B8D
square
#8B248D #8D5724 #268D24 #245B8D
split-complementary
#8B248D #5B8D24 #248D57
monochromatic
#2B0B2B #5B185C #8B248D #BB30BE #D257D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
7.68
#8B248D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.73
#8B248D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8B248D
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8B248D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8B248D | 1.00 | 7.68 | 2.73 | 7.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 7.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 7.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#0B4B90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3F588A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8F3557
Achromatopsia (no color)
#535353
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8b248d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 141); /* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.182 327.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b06aaf',
500: '#8b248d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8b248d; $custom-light: #b06aaf; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8b248d",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 36,
"b": 141
},
"hsl": {
"h": 298.857,
"s": 59.322,
"l": 34.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.46667,
"c": 0.18217,
"h": 327.2
},
"luminance": 0.08674
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8B248D
secondary
#56B854
accent
#E34548
background
#FBF6FA
surface
#F6ECF4
border
#D0C7CE
text
#110710
muted
#807A7F