#8B25A4#8B25A4

#8B25A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.200 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B25A4
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 77.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 59.09, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 75.54, 321.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.1505 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.2 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0090, 9.4933, 35.9985)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B25A4 #3EA425

analogous

#4C25A4 #8B25A4 #A4257E

triadic

#8B25A4 #A48B25 #25A48B

tetradic

#8B25A4 #A44C25 #3EA425 #257EA4

square

#8B25A4 #A44C25 #3EA425 #257EA4

split-complementary

#8B25A4 #7EA425 #25A44C

monochromatic

#360E40 #611A72 #8B25A4 #B335D1 #C567DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8B25A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8B25A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B25A4

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B25A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B25A4	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D5AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b25a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.200 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc0',
    500: '#8b25a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b25a4;
$custom-light: #b16cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b25a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.189,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48245,
    "c": 0.20037,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B25A4

secondary

#75C262

accent

#E64262

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B25A4

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

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