#8B2499#8B2499

#8B2499 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.192 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2499
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.08, 57.37, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.08, 70.95, 323.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1526 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.192 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0275, 9.0516, 30.9811)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2499 #329924

analogous

#512499 #8B2499 #99246C

triadic

#8B2499 #998B24 #24998B

tetradic

#8B2499 #995124 #329924 #246C99

square

#8B2499 #995124 #329924 #246C99

split-complementary

#8B2499 #6C9924 #249951

monochromatic

#310D36 #5E1867 #8B2499 #B830CB #CA5ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#8B2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2499

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2499	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.192 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bb8',
    500: '#8b2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2499;
$custom-light: #b16bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.821,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47424,
    "c": 0.19207,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2499

secondary

#67BE5B

accent

#E54356

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2499

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

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