#8B277B#8B277B

#8B277B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.164 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B277B
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(310, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(310, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.74, 51.16, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.74, 57.11, 333.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.91% 0.1492 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(45.91% 0.164 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9483, 8.3714, 19.5636)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B277B #278B37

analogous

#69278B #8B277B #8B2749

triadic

#8B277B #7B8B27 #277B8B

tetradic

#8B277B #8B6927 #278B37 #27498B

square

#8B277B #8B6927 #278B37 #27498B

split-complementary

#8B277B #498B27 #278B69

monochromatic

#2B0C26 #5B1A51 #8B277B #BB34A5 #D15BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#8B277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8B277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B277B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B277B	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27487D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.164 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ba1',
    500: '#8b277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b277b;
$custom-light: #b06ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45912,
    "c": 0.16447,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B277B

secondary

#58B667

accent

#DF6148

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6ECF2

border

#D0C7CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B277B

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

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