#8B2AB9#8B2AB9

#8B2AB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.214 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2AB9
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 61.55, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 83.36, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.1428 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.214 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2308, 10.6482, 46.8791)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2AB9 #58B92A

analogous

#432AB9 #8B2AB9 #B92AA0

triadic

#8B2AB9 #B98B2A #2AB98B

tetradic

#8B2AB9 #B9432A #58B92A #2AA0B9

square

#8B2AB9 #B9432A #58B92A #2AA0B9

split-complementary

#8B2AB9 #A0B92A #2AB943

monochromatic

#401355 #661F87 #8B2AB9 #A94AD6 #C17CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#8B2AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8B2AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2AB9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2AB9	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D5EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.214 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fcf',
    500: '#8b2ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ab9;
$custom-light: #b26fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.699,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50166,
    "c": 0.21389,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2AB9

secondary

#90CA75

accent

#E64277

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2AB9

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

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