#8B2C8C#8B2C8C

#8B2C8C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.172 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C8C
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 52.09, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 61.88, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.1448 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.172 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2815, 9.1849, 25.7212)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C8C #2D8C2C

analogous

#5B2C8C #8B2C8C #8C2C5D

triadic

#8B2C8C #8C8B2C #2C8C8B

tetradic

#8B2C8C #8C5B2C #2D8C2C #2C5D8C

square

#8B2C8C #8C5B2C #2D8C2C #2C5D8C

split-complementary

#8B2C8C #5D8C2C #2C8C5B

monochromatic

#2F0F2F #5D1D5D #8B2C8C #B93BBB #CD64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8B2C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B2C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C8C

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C8C	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.172 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eae',
    500: '#8b2c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c8c;
$custom-light: #b06eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.375,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47357,
    "c": 0.17176,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C8C

secondary

#60B55F

accent

#DC4C4E

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C8C

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

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