#8B2491#8B2491

#8B2491 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.185 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2491
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(297, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(297, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, 55.93, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 67.42, 326.05°)
OKLab	oklab(46.91% 0.153 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(46.91% 0.185 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3888, 8.7961, 27.6172)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2491 #2A9124

analogous

#542491 #8B2491 #912460

triadic

#8B2491 #918B24 #24918B

tetradic

#8B2491 #915424 #2A9124 #246091

square

#8B2491 #915424 #2A9124 #246091

split-complementary

#8B2491 #609124 #249154

monochromatic

#2D0C2F #5C1860 #8B2491 #BA30C2 #CF59D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#8B2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8B2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2491

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2491	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C588E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.185 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ab2',
    500: '#8b2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2491;
$custom-light: #b06ab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.697,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46914,
    "c": 0.18544,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2491

secondary

#5CBA56

accent

#E3444D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2491

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

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