#8B277D#8B277D

#8B277D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.166 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B277D
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.85, 51.48, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.85, 57.88, 332.80°)
OKLab	oklab(46.02% 0.1494 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(46.02% 0.166 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0748, 8.4219, 20.2297)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B277D #278B35

analogous

#67278B #8B277D #8B274B

triadic

#8B277D #7D8B27 #277D8B

tetradic

#8B277D #8B6727 #278B35 #274B8B

square

#8B277D #8B6727 #278B35 #274B8B

split-complementary

#8B277D #4B8B27 #278B67

monochromatic

#2B0C27 #5B1A52 #8B277D #BB34A8 #D15BC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#8B277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B277D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B277D	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25497F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.166 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ba3',
    500: '#8b277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b277d;
$custom-light: #b06ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46019,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B277D

secondary

#58B665

accent

#DF5D48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B277D

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

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