#8B2BB8#8B2BB8

#8B2BB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.212 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2BB8
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 184)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.03, 60.98, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.03, 82.49, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% 0.1422 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.212 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1615, 10.6780, 46.3371)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2BB8 #58B82B

analogous

#442BB8 #8B2BB8 #B82B9F

triadic

#8B2BB8 #B88B2B #2BB88B

tetradic

#8B2BB8 #B8442B #58B82B #2B9FB8

square

#8B2BB8 #B8442B #58B82B #2B9FB8

split-complementary

#8B2BB8 #9FB82B #2BB844

monochromatic

#401455 #661F86 #8B2BB8 #A94BD5 #C17DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#8B2BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8B2BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2BB8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2BB8	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#135EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.212 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fce',
    500: '#8b2bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2bb8;
$custom-light: #b26fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50179,
    "c": 0.21197,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2BB8

secondary

#90C976

accent

#E54376

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2BB8

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

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