#8B2799#8B2799

#8B2799 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.189 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2799
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 56.33, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 69.77, 323.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.1498 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.189 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1222, 9.2409, 31.0126)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2799 #359927

analogous

#522799 #8B2799 #99276E

triadic

#8B2799 #998B27 #27998B

tetradic

#8B2799 #995227 #359927 #276E99

square

#8B2799 #995227 #359927 #276E99

split-complementary

#8B2799 #6E9927 #279952

monochromatic

#320E37 #5F1B68 #8B2799 #B733CA #C963D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8B2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2799

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2799	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.189 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cb8',
    500: '#8b2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2799;
$custom-light: #b06cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.632,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47681,
    "c": 0.18883,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2799

secondary

#6ABD5F

accent

#E34559

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2799

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

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