#8B259E#8B259E

#8B259E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.195 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B259E
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 57.96, -44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 72.81, 322.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.1512 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.195 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4799, 9.2817, 33.2119)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B259E #389E25

analogous

#4F259E #8B259E #9E2574

triadic

#8B259E #9E8B25 #259E8B

tetradic

#8B259E #9E4F25 #389E25 #25749E

square

#8B259E #9E4F25 #389E25 #25749E

split-complementary

#8B259E #749E25 #259E4F

monochromatic

#340E3B #5F196C #8B259E #B631CF #C863DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8B259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8B259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B259E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B259E	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.195 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bbb',
    500: '#8b259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b259e;
$custom-light: #b16bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.579,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47838,
    "c": 0.19525,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B259E

secondary

#6EC05F

accent

#E5435C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B259E

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

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