#8B259D#8B259D

#8B259D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.194 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B259D
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, 57.77, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 72.36, 322.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1513 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.194 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3941, 9.2474, 32.7605)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B259D #379D25

analogous

#4F259D #8B259D #9D2573

triadic

#8B259D #9D8B25 #259D8B

tetradic

#8B259D #9D4F25 #379D25 #25739D

square

#8B259D #9D4F25 #379D25 #25739D

split-complementary

#8B259D #739D25 #259D4F

monochromatic

#330E3A #5F196B #8B259D #B731CE #C862DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8B259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B259D

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B259D	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.194 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8b259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b259d;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47771,
    "c": 0.1944,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B259D

secondary

#6DBF5E

accent

#E5435B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B259D

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

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