#8B2BA7#8B2BA7

#8B2BA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.197 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2BA7
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 167)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 74.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 57.55, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 74.53, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.1447 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.197 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4854, 10.0075, 37.5097)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2BA7 #47A72B

analogous

#4D2BA7 #8B2BA7 #A72B85

triadic

#8B2BA7 #A78B2B #2BA78B

tetradic

#8B2BA7 #A74D2B #47A72B #2B85A7

square

#8B2BA7 #A74D2B #47A72B #2B85A7

split-complementary

#8B2BA7 #85A72B #2BA74D

monochromatic

#3A1246 #621E76 #8B2BA7 #AE41CE #C372DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8B2BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8B2BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2BA7

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2BA7	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E5CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.197 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ec2',
    500: '#8b2ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ba7;
$custom-light: #b16ec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48974,
    "c": 0.19662,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2BA7

secondary

#7FC26C

accent

#E24669

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2BA7

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

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