#8B289E#8B289E

#8B289E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.192 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B289E
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 74.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 56.91, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 71.63, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1484 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.192 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5771, 9.4761, 33.2443)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B289E #3B9E28

analogous

#50289E #8B289E #9E2876

triadic

#8B289E #9E8B28 #289E8B

tetradic

#8B289E #9E5028 #3B9E28 #28769E

square

#8B289E #9E5028 #3B9E28 #28769E

split-complementary

#8B289E #769E28 #289E50

monochromatic

#350F3C #601C6D #8B289E #B437CC #C768D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8B289E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8B289E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B289E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B289E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B289E	1.00	7.25	2.89	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b289e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.192 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dbb',
    500: '#8b289e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b289e;
$custom-light: #b16dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b289e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.339,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48096,
    "c": 0.19203,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B289E

secondary

#72BF63

accent

#E3455E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B289E

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

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