#8B259B#8B259B

#8B259B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.193 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B259B
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 57.40, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 71.46, 323.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1515 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.193 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2248, 9.1796, 31.8686)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B259B #359B25

analogous

#50259B #8B259B #9B2570

triadic

#8B259B #9B8B25 #259B8B

tetradic

#8B259B #9B5025 #359B25 #25709B

square

#8B259B #9B5025 #359B25 #25709B

split-complementary

#8B259B #709B25 #259B50

monochromatic

#320D38 #5F196A #8B259B #B731CC #C961D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#8B259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B259B

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B259B	1.00	7.41	2.84	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.193 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bb9',
    500: '#8b259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b259b;
$custom-light: #b16bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.864,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47639,
    "c": 0.1927,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B259B

secondary

#6ABF5D

accent

#E54359

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B259B

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

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