#8B257E#8B257E

#8B257E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.169 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B257E
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.64, 52.38, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.64, 59.11, 332.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.1516 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.169 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0750, 8.3197, 20.5465)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B257E #258B32

analogous

#65258B #8B257E #8B254B

triadic

#8B257E #7E8B25 #257E8B

tetradic

#8B257E #8B6525 #258B32 #254B8B

square

#8B257E #8B6525 #258B32 #254B8B

split-complementary

#8B257E #4B8B25 #258B65

monochromatic

#2A0B26 #5B1852 #8B257E #BB32AA #D358C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#8B257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B257E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B257E	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47577C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.169 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aa3',
    500: '#8b257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b257e;
$custom-light: #b06aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.647,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45887,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B257E

secondary

#55B761

accent

#E15A47

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B257E

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

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