#8B287E#8B287E

#8B287E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.166 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B287E
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.03, 51.27, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.03, 57.85, 332.41°)
OKLab	oklab(46.17% 0.1484 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(46.17% 0.166 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1722, 8.5142, 20.5789)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B287E #288B35

analogous

#67288B #8B287E #8B284C

triadic

#8B287E #7E8B28 #287E8B

tetradic

#8B287E #8B6728 #288B35 #284C8B

square

#8B287E #8B6728 #288B35 #284C8B

split-complementary

#8B287E #4C8B28 #288B67

monochromatic

#2C0D28 #5B1A53 #8B287E #BB36A9 #D05DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#8B287E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8B287E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B287E

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B287E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B287E	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48587C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b287e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.166 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ba3',
    500: '#8b287e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b287e;
$custom-light: #b06ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b287e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.879,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4617,
    "c": 0.16551,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B287E

secondary

#59B665

accent

#DF5D49

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B287E

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

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