#8B2B87#8B2B87

#8B2B87 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.169 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B87
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, 51.61, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 60.20, 329.03°)
OKLab	oklab(46.97% 0.1457 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(46.97% 0.169 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8844, 8.9672, 23.8112)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B87 #2B8B2F

analogous

#5F2B8B #8B2B87 #8B2B57

triadic

#8B2B87 #878B2B #2B878B

tetradic

#8B2B87 #8B5F2B #2B8B2F #2B578B

square

#8B2B87 #8B5F2B #2B8B2F #2B578B

split-complementary

#8B2B87 #578B2B #2B8B5F

monochromatic

#2E0E2C #5C1D5A #8B2B87 #BA39B4 #CE62CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#8B2B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8B2B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B87

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B87	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.169 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06daa',
    500: '#8b2b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b87;
$custom-light: #b06daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46967,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B87

secondary

#5DB561

accent

#DC524C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B87

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

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