#8B2AB7#8B2AB7

#8B2AB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.212 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2AB7
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 183)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 77%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 61.13, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 82.42, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1432 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.212 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0211, 10.5644, 45.7750)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2AB7 #56B72A

analogous

#452AB7 #8B2AB7 #B72A9D

triadic

#8B2AB7 #B78B2A #2AB78B

tetradic

#8B2AB7 #B7452A #56B72A #2A9DB7

square

#8B2AB7 #B7452A #56B72A #2A9DB7

split-complementary

#8B2AB7 #9DB72A #2AB745

monochromatic

#3F1353 #651F85 #8B2AB7 #A949D5 #C17BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#8B2AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#8B2AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2AB7

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2AB7	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#145DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.212 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fcd',
    500: '#8b2ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ab7;
$custom-light: #b26fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.277,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50018,
    "c": 0.21208,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2AB7

secondary

#8EC974

accent

#E64275

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2AB7

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

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