#8B258B#8B258B

#8B258B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.179 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B258B
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, 54.54, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 64.45, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(46.63% 0.1522 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(46.63% 0.179 328)
XYZ	xyz(15.9690, 8.6773, 25.2549)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B258B #258B25

analogous

#58258B #8B258B #8B2558

triadic

#8B258B #8B8B25 #258B8B

tetradic

#8B258B #8B5825 #258B25 #25588B

square

#8B258B #8B5825 #258B25 #25588B

split-complementary

#8B258B #588B25 #258B58

monochromatic

#2A0B2A #5B185B #8B258B #BB32BB #D358D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#8B258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8B258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B258B

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B258B	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.179 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aad',
    500: '#8b258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b258b;
$custom-light: #b06aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46633,
    "c": 0.17944,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.08676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B258B

secondary

#55B755

accent

#E14747

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B258B

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

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