#8B2B99#8B2B99

#8B2B99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.184 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B99
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 54.86, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 68.09, 323.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.1458 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.184 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2605, 9.5176, 31.0587)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B99 #39992B

analogous

#542B99 #8B2B99 #992B70

triadic

#8B2B99 #998B2B #2B998B

tetradic

#8B2B99 #99542B #39992B #2B7099

square

#8B2B99 #99542B #39992B #2B7099

split-complementary

#8B2B99 #70992B #2B9954

monochromatic

#341039 #601E69 #8B2B99 #B53AC8 #C769D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#8B2B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8B2B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B99

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B99	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.184 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb7',
    500: '#8b2b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b99;
$custom-light: #b06eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.364,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48051,
    "c": 0.18421,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B99

secondary

#6FBC64

accent

#DF485C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B99

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

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