#8B2B97#8B2B97

#8B2B97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.182 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B97
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 54.49, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 67.19, 324.18°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.1458 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.182 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0967, 9.4521, 30.1961)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B97 #37972B

analogous

#552B97 #8B2B97 #972B6D

triadic

#8B2B97 #978B2B #2B978B

tetradic

#8B2B97 #97552B #37972B #2B6D97

square

#8B2B97 #97552B #37972B #2B6D97

split-complementary

#8B2B97 #6D972B #2B9755

monochromatic

#331038 #5F1D67 #8B2B97 #B739C7 #C868D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8B2B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8B2B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B97

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B97	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.182 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb6',
    500: '#8b2b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b97;
$custom-light: #b06eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47925,
    "c": 0.18247,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B97

secondary

#6DBB63

accent

#DF495A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B97

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

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