#8B279B#8B279B

#8B279B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.191 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B279B
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, 56.71, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 70.67, 323.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.1496 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.191 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2887, 9.3075, 31.8899)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B279B #379B27

analogous

#51279B #8B279B #9B2771

triadic

#8B279B #9B8B27 #279B8B

tetradic

#8B279B #9B5127 #379B27 #27719B

square

#8B279B #9B5127 #379B27 #27719B

split-complementary

#8B279B #719B27 #279B51

monochromatic

#330E39 #5F1B6A #8B279B #B733CC #C864D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#8B279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8B279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B279B

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B279B	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.191 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cb9',
    500: '#8b279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b279b;
$custom-light: #b06cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.724,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47811,
    "c": 0.19055,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B279B

secondary

#6DBE60

accent

#E3455B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B279B

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

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