#8B2C8B#8B2C8B

#8B2C8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.171 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C8B
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(300, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, 51.92, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 61.45, 327.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% 0.1447 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.171 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2081, 9.1555, 25.3346)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C8B #2C8B2C

analogous

#5B2C8B #8B2C8B #8B2C5B

triadic

#8B2C8B #8B8B2C #2C8B8B

tetradic

#8B2C8B #8B5B2C #2C8B2C #2C5B8B

square

#8B2C8B #8B5B2C #2C8B2C #2C5B8B

split-complementary

#8B2C8B #5B8B2C #2C8B5B

monochromatic

#2E0F2E #5D1D5D #8B2C8B #B93BB9 #CE64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8B2C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8B2C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C8B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C8B	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.171 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ead',
    500: '#8b2c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c8b;
$custom-light: #b06ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47298,
    "c": 0.17091,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C8B

secondary

#5FB45F

accent

#DB4C4C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C8B

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

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