#8B2980#8B2980

#8B2980 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.166 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2980
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 128)
HSL	hsl(307, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 51.21, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 58.20, 331.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.38% 0.1474 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(46.38% 0.166 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3367, 8.6346, 21.2768)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2980 #298B34

analogous

#65298B #8B2980 #8B294F

triadic

#8B2980 #808B29 #29808B

tetradic

#8B2980 #8B6529 #298B34 #294F8B

square

#8B2980 #8B6529 #298B34 #294F8B

split-complementary

#8B2980 #4F8B29 #298B65

monochromatic

#2C0D29 #5C1B54 #8B2980 #BA37AC #D05FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8B2980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8B2980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2980

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2980	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48587E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.166 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ca5',
    500: '#8b2980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2980;
$custom-light: #b06ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.735,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46376,
    "c": 0.1658,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2980

secondary

#5BB565

accent

#DE5B4A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2980

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

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