#8B288E#8B288E

#8B288E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.178 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B288E
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, 53.98, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 64.50, 326.81°)
OKLab	oklab(47.09% 0.1491 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(47.09% 0.178 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2885, 8.9606, 26.4576)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B288E #2B8E28

analogous

#58288E #8B288E #8E285E

triadic

#8B288E #8E8B28 #288E8B

tetradic

#8B288E #8E5828 #2B8E28 #285E8E

square

#8B288E #8E5828 #2B8E28 #285E8E

split-complementary

#8B288E #5E8E28 #288E58

monochromatic

#2E0D2F #5C1B5E #8B288E #BA35BE #CE5FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#8B288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8B288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B288E

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B288E	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40598B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.178 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06caf',
    500: '#8b288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b288e;
$custom-light: #b06caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.235,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47085,
    "c": 0.1784,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B288E

secondary

#5DB75B

accent

#DF484D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B288E

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

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