#8B2A9E#8B2A9E

#8B2A9E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.190 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A9E
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 56.18, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 70.80, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.1465 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.19 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6462, 9.6144, 33.2674)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A9E #3D9E2A

analogous

#512A9E #8B2A9E #9E2A77

triadic

#8B2A9E #9E8B2A #2A9E8B

tetradic

#8B2A9E #9E512A #3D9E2A #2A779E

square

#8B2A9E #9E512A #3D9E2A #2A779E

split-complementary

#8B2A9E #779E2A #2A9E51

monochromatic

#36103D #601D6E #8B2A9E #B33ACB #C66BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8B2A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8B2A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A9E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A9E	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.190 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dbb',
    500: '#8b2a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a9e;
$custom-light: #b06dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.172,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48279,
    "c": 0.18977,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A9E

secondary

#74BE66

accent

#E14760

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A9E

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

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