#8B259C#8B259C

#8B259C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.194 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B259C
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 57.58, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 71.91, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.1514 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.194 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3091, 9.2134, 32.3127)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B259C #369C25

analogous

#50259C #8B259C #9C2571

triadic

#8B259C #9C8B25 #259C8B

tetradic

#8B259C #9C5025 #369C25 #25719C

square

#8B259C #9C5025 #369C25 #25719C

split-complementary

#8B259C #719C25 #259C50

monochromatic

#330E39 #5F196B #8B259C #B731CD #C962DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#8B259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B259C

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B259C	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.194 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8b259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b259c;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47705,
    "c": 0.19355,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B259C

secondary

#6CBF5E

accent

#E5435A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B259C

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

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