#8B289C#8B289C

#8B289C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.190 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B289C
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 56.53, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 70.72, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1486 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.19 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4063, 9.4078, 32.3451)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B289C #399C28

analogous

#51289C #8B289C #9C2873

triadic

#8B289C #9C8B28 #289C8B

tetradic

#8B289C #9C5128 #399C28 #28739C

square

#8B289C #9C5128 #399C28 #28739C

split-complementary

#8B289C #739C28 #289C51

monochromatic

#340F3B #601C6B #8B289C #B536CB #C767D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8B289C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B289C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B289C

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B289C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B289C	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)

#00509F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b289c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.190 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cba',
    500: '#8b289c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b289c;
$custom-light: #b06cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b289c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.207,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47965,
    "c": 0.19029,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B289C

secondary

#6FBE62

accent

#E2455C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B289C

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

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