#8B24A3#8B24A3

#8B24A3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.201 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B24A3
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 163)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 77.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.74, 59.23, -46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.74, 75.45, 321.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1515 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.201 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8883, 9.3959, 35.5146)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B24A3 #3CA324

analogous

#4B24A3 #8B24A3 #A3247C

triadic

#8B24A3 #A38B24 #24A38B

tetradic

#8B24A3 #A34B24 #3CA324 #247CA3

square

#8B24A3 #A34B24 #3CA324 #247CA3

split-complementary

#8B24A3 #7CA324 #24A34B

monochromatic

#360E3F #601971 #8B24A3 #B432D2 #C665DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8B24A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B24A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B24A3

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B24A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B24A3	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D5AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b24a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.201 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bbf',
    500: '#8b24a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b24a3;
$custom-light: #b16bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b24a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.661,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48095,
    "c": 0.20051,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B24A3

secondary

#73C260

accent

#E74160

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B24A3

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

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