#8B249D#8B249D

#8B249D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.195 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B249D
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 58.10, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 72.74, 323.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.1522 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.195 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3634, 9.1860, 32.7502)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B249D #369D24

analogous

#4E249D #8B249D #9D2473

triadic

#8B249D #9D8B24 #249D8B

tetradic

#8B249D #9D4E24 #369D24 #24739D

square

#8B249D #9D4E24 #369D24 #24739D

split-complementary

#8B249D #739D24 #249D4E

monochromatic

#330D39 #5F196B #8B249D #B72FCF #C961DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8B249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B249D

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B249D	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.195 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8b249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b249d;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.074,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47688,
    "c": 0.19544,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B249D

secondary

#6CC05D

accent

#E6425A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B249D

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

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