#8B2497#8B2497

#8B2497 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.190 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2497
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 57.00, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 70.06, 324.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% 0.1527 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.19 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8637, 8.9861, 30.1184)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2497 #309724

analogous

#522497 #8B2497 #97246A

triadic

#8B2497 #978B24 #24978B

tetradic

#8B2497 #975224 #309724 #246A97

square

#8B2497 #975224 #309724 #246A97

split-complementary

#8B2497 #6A9724 #249752

monochromatic

#300C34 #5E1866 #8B2497 #B830C8 #CC5DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#8B2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8B2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2497

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2497	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.190 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bb6',
    500: '#8b2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2497;
$custom-light: #b16bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.739,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47295,
    "c": 0.1904,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2497

secondary

#64BD5A

accent

#E54354

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2497

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

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