#8B277E#8B277E

#8B277E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.167 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B277E
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.90, 51.64, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.90, 58.28, 332.40°)
OKLab	oklab(46.07% 0.1495 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(46.07% 0.167 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1390, 8.4476, 20.5678)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B277E #278B34

analogous

#66278B #8B277E #8B274C

triadic

#8B277E #7E8B27 #277E8B

tetradic

#8B277E #8B6627 #278B34 #274C8B

square

#8B277E #8B6627 #278B34 #274C8B

split-complementary

#8B277E #4C8B27 #278B66

monochromatic

#2B0C27 #5B1A53 #8B277E #BB34A9 #D15BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8B277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B277E

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B277E	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.167 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ba3',
    500: '#8b277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b277e;
$custom-light: #b06ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46073,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B277E

secondary

#58B664

accent

#DF5C48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B277E

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

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