#8B278F#8B278F

#8B278F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.180 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B278F
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 143)
HSL	hsl(298, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, 54.53, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 65.36, 326.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.1501 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.18 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3306, 8.9243, 26.8437)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B278F #2B8F27

analogous

#57278F #8B278F #8F275F

triadic

#8B278F #8F8B27 #278F8B

tetradic

#8B278F #8F5727 #2B8F27 #275F8F

square

#8B278F #8F5727 #2B8F27 #275F8F

split-complementary

#8B278F #5F8F27 #278F57

monochromatic

#2E0D2F #5C1A5F #8B278F #BA34BF #CE5DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#8B278F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8B278F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B278F

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B278F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B278F	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F598C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b278f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.180 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bb0',
    500: '#8b278f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b278f;
$custom-light: #b06bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b278f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47053,
    "c": 0.18041,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B278F

secondary

#5DB85A

accent

#E0474D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B278F

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

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