#8B268E#8B268E

#8B268E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.181 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B268E
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.65, 54.71, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.65, 65.33, 326.87°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% 0.1511 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.181 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2228, 8.8293, 26.4357)
Luminance	0.0883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B268E #298E26

analogous

#57268E #8B268E #8E265D

triadic

#8B268E #8E8B26 #268E8B

tetradic

#8B268E #8E5726 #298E26 #265D8E

square

#8B268E #8E5726 #298E26 #265D8E

split-complementary

#8B268E #5D8E26 #268E57

monochromatic

#2C0C2D #5C195E #8B268E #BA33BE #D05BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#8B268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#8B268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B268E

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B268E	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F588B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.181 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06baf',
    500: '#8b268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b268e;
$custom-light: #b06baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.269,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46902,
    "c": 0.18074,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B268E

secondary

#5BB858

accent

#E1474B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B268E

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

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