#8B277C#8B277C

#8B277C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.165 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B277C
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 51.32, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 57.49, 333.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.1493 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.165 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0112, 8.3965, 19.8950)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B277C #278B36

analogous

#68278B #8B277C #8B274A

triadic

#8B277C #7C8B27 #277C8B

tetradic

#8B277C #8B6827 #278B36 #274A8B

square

#8B277C #8B6827 #278B36 #274A8B

split-complementary

#8B277C #4A8B27 #278B68

monochromatic

#2B0C27 #5B1A51 #8B277C #BB34A7 #D15BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#8B277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B277C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B277C	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26487E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49577A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.165 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ba2',
    500: '#8b277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b277c;
$custom-light: #b06ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45966,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B277C

secondary

#58B666

accent

#DF5F48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B277C

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

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