#8B279C#8B279C

#8B279C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.191 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B279C
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, 56.89, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 71.12, 323.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.1495 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.191 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3731, 9.3413, 32.3340)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B279C #389C27

analogous

#50279C #8B279C #9C2772

triadic

#8B279C #9C8B27 #279C8B

tetradic

#8B279C #9C5027 #389C27 #27729C

square

#8B279C #9C5027 #389C27 #27729C

split-complementary

#8B279C #729C27 #279C50

monochromatic

#340F3A #5F1B6B #8B279C #B634CC #C865D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#8B279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8B279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B279C

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B279C	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.191 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cba',
    500: '#8b279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b279c;
$custom-light: #b16cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.282,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47876,
    "c": 0.1914,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B279C

secondary

#6EBE61

accent

#E3455C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B279C

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

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