#8B2BB6#8B2BB6

#8B2BB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.210 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2BB6
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 182)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 60.57, -54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 81.55, 317.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1425 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.21 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9533, 10.5947, 45.2408)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2BB6 #56B62B

analogous

#462BB6 #8B2BB6 #B62B9C

triadic

#8B2BB6 #B68B2B #2BB68B

tetradic

#8B2BB6 #B6462B #56B62B #2B9CB6

square

#8B2BB6 #B6462B #56B62B #2B9CB6

split-complementary

#8B2BB6 #9CB62B #2BB646

monochromatic

#3F1453 #651F84 #8B2BB6 #A94AD4 #C17BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#8B2BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8B2BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2BB6

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2BB6	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#185EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.210 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fcd',
    500: '#8b2bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2bb6;
$custom-light: #b16fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.439,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50033,
    "c": 0.21016,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2BB6

secondary

#8EC875

accent

#E54375

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2BB6

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

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