#8B249C#8B249C

#8B249C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.195 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B249C
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, 57.92, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 72.29, 323.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.1523 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.195 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2784, 9.1520, 32.3025)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B249C #359C24

analogous

#4F249C #8B249C #9C2471

triadic

#8B249C #9C8B24 #249C8B

tetradic

#8B249C #9C4F24 #359C24 #24719C

square

#8B249C #9C4F24 #359C24 #24719C

split-complementary

#8B249C #719C24 #249C4F

monochromatic

#320D39 #5F196A #8B249C #B72FCE #C960DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8B249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8B249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B249C

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B249C	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.195 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8b249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b249c;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47622,
    "c": 0.19459,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B249C

secondary

#6ABF5C

accent

#E64259

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B249C

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

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