#8B279A#8B279A

#8B279A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.190 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B279A
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.51, 56.52, -41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.51, 70.22, 323.60°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.1497 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.19 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2051, 9.2741, 31.4494)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B279A #369A27

analogous

#51279A #8B279A #9A276F

triadic

#8B279A #9A8B27 #279A8B

tetradic

#8B279A #9A5127 #369A27 #276F9A

square

#8B279A #9A5127 #369A27 #276F9A

split-complementary

#8B279A #6F9A27 #279A51

monochromatic

#330E38 #5F1B69 #8B279A #B733CB #C964D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8B279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B279A

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B279A	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.190 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cb8',
    500: '#8b279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b279a;
$custom-light: #b06cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47746,
    "c": 0.18969,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B279A

secondary

#6CBD5F

accent

#E3455A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B279A

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

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