#8B2B8A#8B2B8A

#8B2B8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.171 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B8A
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.09, 52.14, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.09, 61.47, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.1458 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.171 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0986, 9.0528, 24.9393)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B8A #2B8B2C

analogous

#5C2B8B #8B2B8A #8B2B5A

triadic

#8B2B8A #8A8B2B #2B8A8B

tetradic

#8B2B8A #8B5C2B #2B8B2C #2B5A8B

square

#8B2B8A #8B5C2B #2B8B2C #2B5A8B

split-complementary

#8B2B8A #5A8B2B #2B8B5C

monochromatic

#2E0E2D #5C1D5C #8B2B8A #BA39B8 #CE62CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#8B2B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B2B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B8A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B8A	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.171 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dac',
    500: '#8b2b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b8a;
$custom-light: #b06dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.625,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47139,
    "c": 0.17136,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B8A

secondary

#5DB55E

accent

#DC4D4C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B8A

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

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