#8B2BB3#8B2BB3

#8B2BB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.207 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2BB3
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.68, 59.96, -53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.68, 80.14, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.143 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.207 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6466, 10.4720, 43.6255)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2BB3 #53B32B

analogous

#472BB3 #8B2BB3 #B32B97

triadic

#8B2BB3 #B38B2B #2BB38B

tetradic

#8B2BB3 #B3472B #53B32B #2B97B3

square

#8B2BB3 #B3472B #53B32B #2B97B3

split-complementary

#8B2BB3 #97B32B #2BB347

monochromatic

#3E1350 #651F82 #8B2BB3 #AA48D3 #C179DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#8B2BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B2BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2BB3

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2BB3	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.207 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fca',
    500: '#8b2bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2bb3;
$custom-light: #b16fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49815,
    "c": 0.20743,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2BB3

secondary

#8CC773

accent

#E44373

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2BB3

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

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