#8B258E#8B258E

#8B258E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.182 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B258E
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, 55.06, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 65.73, 326.89°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.1521 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.182 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1912, 8.7662, 26.4252)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B258E #288E25

analogous

#57258E #8B258E #8E255C

triadic

#8B258E #8E8B25 #258E8B

tetradic

#8B258E #8E5725 #288E25 #255C8E

square

#8B258E #8E5725 #288E25 #255C8E

split-complementary

#8B258E #5C8E25 #258E57

monochromatic

#2C0C2D #5B185D #8B258E #BB32BF #D05AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#8B258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8B258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B258E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B258E	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B4B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F588B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.182 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06baf',
    500: '#8b258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b258e;
$custom-light: #b06baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.286,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46814,
    "c": 0.18188,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B258E

secondary

#59B956

accent

#E2464A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B258E

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

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