#8B288D#8B288D

#8B288D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.178 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B288D
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, 53.81, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 64.07, 327.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.1491 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.178 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2137, 8.9308, 26.0640)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B288D #2A8D28

analogous

#58288D #8B288D #8D285C

triadic

#8B288D #8D8B28 #288D8B

tetradic

#8B288D #8D5828 #2A8D28 #285C8D

square

#8B288D #8D5828 #2A8D28 #285C8D

split-complementary

#8B288D #5C8D28 #288D58

monochromatic

#2D0D2E #5C1A5D #8B288D #BA36BD #CF5ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#8B288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8B288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B288D

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B288D	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41598A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.178 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06caf',
    500: '#8b288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b288d;
$custom-light: #b06caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.812,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47025,
    "c": 0.17757,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B288D

secondary

#5CB75A

accent

#DF494C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B288D

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

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