#8B2ABC#8B2ABC

#8B2ABC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.217 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2ABC
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.20, 62.16, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.20, 84.77, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.1422 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.217 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5508, 10.7763, 48.5646)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2ABC #5BBC2A

analogous

#422ABC #8B2ABC #BC2AA4

triadic

#8B2ABC #BC8B2A #2ABC8B

tetradic

#8B2ABC #BC422A #5BBC2A #2AA4BC

square

#8B2ABC #BC422A #5BBC2A #2AA4BC

split-complementary

#8B2ABC #A4BC2A #2ABC42

monochromatic

#411458 #661F8A #8B2ABC #A84CD7 #C17EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#8B2ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8B2ABC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2ABC

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2ABC	1.00	6.66	3.16	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844E73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.217 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fd1',
    500: '#8b2abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2abc;
$custom-light: #b26fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.863,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50389,
    "c": 0.21661,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2ABC

secondary

#93CB77

accent

#E74179

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2ABC

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

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