#8B257D#8B257D

#8B257D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.168 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B257D
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, 52.21, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 58.72, 332.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% 0.1515 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.168 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0108, 8.2941, 20.2084)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B257D #258B33

analogous

#66258B #8B257D #8B254A

triadic

#8B257D #7D8B25 #257D8B

tetradic

#8B257D #8B6625 #258B33 #254A8B

square

#8B257D #8B6625 #258B33 #254A8B

split-complementary

#8B257D #4A8B25 #258B66

monochromatic

#2A0B26 #5B1852 #8B257D #BB32A8 #D358C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8B257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B257D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B257D	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23487F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.168 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aa3',
    500: '#8b257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b257d;
$custom-light: #b06aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.235,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45832,
    "c": 0.16843,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B257D

secondary

#55B762

accent

#E15C47

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B257D

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

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