#8B279D#8B279D

#8B279D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.192 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B279D
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 57.08, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 71.58, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.1495 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.192 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.4581, 9.3753, 32.7818)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B279D #399D27

analogous

#50279D #8B279D #9D2774

triadic

#8B279D #9D8B27 #279D8B

tetradic

#8B279D #9D5027 #399D27 #27749D

square

#8B279D #9D5027 #399D27 #27749D

split-complementary

#8B279D #749D27 #279D50

monochromatic

#340F3B #601B6C #8B279D #B535CD #C766D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8B279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8B279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B279D

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B279D	1.00	7.30	2.87	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.192 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cba',
    500: '#8b279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b279d;
$custom-light: #b16cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.847,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47942,
    "c": 0.19226,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.09374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B279D

secondary

#6FBF61

accent

#E3445D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B279D

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

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