#8B279E#8B279E

#8B279E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.193 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B279E
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 57.27, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 72.03, 322.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.1494 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.193 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5438, 9.4096, 33.2333)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B279E #3A9E27

analogous

#4F279E #8B279E #9E2775

triadic

#8B279E #9E8B27 #279E8B

tetradic

#8B279E #9E4F27 #3A9E27 #27759E

square

#8B279E #9E4F27 #3A9E27 #27759E

split-complementary

#8B279E #759E27 #279E4F

monochromatic

#350F3C #601B6D #8B279E #B535CD #C766D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8B279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B279E

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B279E	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.193 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cbb',
    500: '#8b279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b279e;
$custom-light: #b16cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.42,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48008,
    "c": 0.19312,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B279E

secondary

#71BF62

accent

#E4445E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B279E

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

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