#8B2BB9#8B2BB9

#8B2BB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.213 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2BB9
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 61.19, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 82.96, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.142 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.213 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2667, 10.7201, 46.8911)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2BB9 #59B92B

analogous

#442BB9 #8B2BB9 #B92BA0

triadic

#8B2BB9 #B98B2B #2BB98B

tetradic

#8B2BB9 #B9442B #59B92B #2BA0B9

square

#8B2BB9 #B9442B #59B92B #2BA0B9

split-complementary

#8B2BB9 #A0B92B #2BB944

monochromatic

#401456 #661F87 #8B2BB9 #A94CD5 #C17EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#8B2BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8B2BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2BB9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2BB9	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#105EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.213 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fcf',
    500: '#8b2bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2bb9;
$custom-light: #b26fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50252,
    "c": 0.21288,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2BB9

secondary

#91C976

accent

#E54277

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2BB9

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

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