#8B278B#8B278B

#8B278B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.177 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B278B
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, 53.83, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 63.63, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.1501 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.177 328)
XYZ	xyz(16.0330, 8.8052, 25.2762)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B278B #278B27

analogous

#59278B #8B278B #8B2759

triadic

#8B278B #8B8B27 #278B8B

tetradic

#8B278B #8B5927 #278B27 #27598B

square

#8B278B #8B5927 #278B27 #27598B

split-complementary

#8B278B #598B27 #278B59

monochromatic

#2B0C2B #5B1A5B #8B278B #BB34BB #D15BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#8B278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8B278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B278B

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B278B	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.177 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bad',
    500: '#8b278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b278b;
$custom-light: #b06bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46813,
    "c": 0.17712,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.08804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B278B

secondary

#58B658

accent

#DF4848

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B278B

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

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