#8B249E#8B249E

#8B249E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.196 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B249E
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 58.29, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 73.19, 322.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% 0.1521 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.196 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4492, 9.2203, 33.2017)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B249E #379E24

analogous

#4E249E #8B249E #9E2474

triadic

#8B249E #9E8B24 #249E8B

tetradic

#8B249E #9E4E24 #379E24 #24749E

square

#8B249E #9E4E24 #379E24 #24749E

split-complementary

#8B249E #749E24 #249E4E

monochromatic

#330D3A #5F196C #8B249E #B72FD0 #C861DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8B249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B249E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B249E	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.196 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bbb',
    500: '#8b249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b249e;
$custom-light: #b16bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.656,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47755,
    "c": 0.19627,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B249E

secondary

#6DC05E

accent

#E6425B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B249E

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

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