#8B2597#8B2597

#8B2597 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.189 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2597
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.08, 56.66, -40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.08, 69.67, 324.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% 0.1518 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.189 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8944, 9.0475, 30.1286)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2597 #319725

analogous

#522597 #8B2597 #97256A

triadic

#8B2597 #978B25 #25978B

tetradic

#8B2597 #975225 #319725 #256A97

square

#8B2597 #975225 #319725 #256A97

split-complementary

#8B2597 #6A9725 #259752

monochromatic

#310D35 #5E1966 #8B2597 #B831C8 #CB5FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#8B2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2597

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2597	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.189 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bb6',
    500: '#8b2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2597;
$custom-light: #b06bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47379,
    "c": 0.18934,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2597

secondary

#65BD5B

accent

#E44455

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2597

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

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