#8B259A#8B259A

#8B259A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.192 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B259A
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.26, 57.21, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.26, 71.01, 323.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.57% 0.1516 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(47.57% 0.192 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1412, 9.1462, 31.4281)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B259A #349A25

analogous

#51259A #8B259A #9A256E

triadic

#8B259A #9A8B25 #259A8B

tetradic

#8B259A #9A5125 #349A25 #256E9A

square

#8B259A #9A5125 #349A25 #256E9A

split-complementary

#8B259A #6E9A25 #259A51

monochromatic

#320D37 #5E1969 #8B259A #B831CB #C960D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8B259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8B259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B259A

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B259A	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.192 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bb8',
    500: '#8b259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b259a;
$custom-light: #b16bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.308,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47573,
    "c": 0.19186,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B259A

secondary

#69BE5D

accent

#E44358

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B259A

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

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