#8B287D#8B287D

#8B287D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.165 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B287D
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 51.11, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 57.45, 332.82°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% 0.1483 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.165 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1080, 8.4885, 20.2408)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B287D #288B36

analogous

#68288B #8B287D #8B284B

triadic

#8B287D #7D8B28 #287D8B

tetradic

#8B287D #8B6828 #288B36 #284B8B

square

#8B287D #8B6828 #288B36 #284B8B

split-complementary

#8B287D #4B8B28 #288B68

monochromatic

#2C0D28 #5B1A52 #8B287D #BB36A8 #D05DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8B287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8B287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B287D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B287D	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26497F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49577B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.165 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ba3',
    500: '#8b287d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b287d;
$custom-light: #b06ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.485,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46116,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B287D

secondary

#59B666

accent

#DF5E49

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B287D

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

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