#8B25A6#8B25A6

#8B25A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.202 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B25A6
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 166)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 77.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 59.47, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 76.45, 321.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1503 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.202 318)
XYZ	xyz(18.1910, 9.5661, 36.9572)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B25A6 #40A625

analogous

#4B25A6 #8B25A6 #A62581

triadic

#8B25A6 #A68B25 #25A68B

tetradic

#8B25A6 #A64B25 #40A625 #2581A6

square

#8B25A6 #A64B25 #40A625 #2581A6

split-complementary

#8B25A6 #81A625 #25A64B

monochromatic

#370F42 #611A74 #8B25A6 #B236D2 #C568DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8B25A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8B25A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B25A6

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B25A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B25A6	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B5AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b25a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.202 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc1',
    500: '#8b25a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b25a6;
$custom-light: #b16cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b25a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.442,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48383,
    "c": 0.2021,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.09565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B25A6

secondary

#78C364

accent

#E74164

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B25A6

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

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