#8B2AA9#8B2AA9

#8B2AA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.200 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2AA9
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 58.32, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 75.87, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.1454 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.2 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6358, 10.0102, 38.4789)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2AA9 #48A92A

analogous

#4C2AA9 #8B2AA9 #A92A88

triadic

#8B2AA9 #A98B2A #2AA98B

tetradic

#8B2AA9 #A94C2A #48A92A #2A88A9

square

#8B2AA9 #A94C2A #48A92A #2A88A9

split-complementary

#8B2AA9 #88A92A #2AA94C

monochromatic

#3A1247 #631E78 #8B2AA9 #AE41D0 #C372DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8B2AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8B2AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2AA9

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2AA9	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B5CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.200 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ec3',
    500: '#8b2aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2aa9;
$custom-light: #b16ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.827,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4902,
    "c": 0.19951,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2AA9

secondary

#80C36C

accent

#E3446A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2AA9

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

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