#8B25B9#8B25B9

#8B25B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.219 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B25B9
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 80%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.40, 63.22, -57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.40, 85.23, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.1469 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.219 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0644, 10.3155, 46.8237)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B25B9 #53B925

analogous

#4125B9 #8B25B9 #B9259D

triadic

#8B25B9 #B98B25 #25B98B

tetradic

#8B25B9 #B94125 #53B925 #259DB9

square

#8B25B9 #B94125 #53B925 #259DB9

split-complementary

#8B25B9 #9DB925 #25B941

monochromatic

#3E1153 #651B86 #8B25B9 #AA42D9 #C175E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#8B25B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8B25B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B25B9

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B25B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B25B9	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#015CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b25b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.219 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dcf',
    500: '#8b25b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b25b9;
$custom-light: #b26dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b25b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.351,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49759,
    "c": 0.21862,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B25B9

secondary

#8CCB6F

accent

#EA3E73

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B25B9

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

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