#8B2C8E#8B2C8E

#8B2C8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.173 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C8E
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 52.45, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 62.75, 326.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1448 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.173 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4303, 9.2444, 26.5049)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C8E #2F8E2C

analogous

#5A2C8E #8B2C8E #8E2C60

triadic

#8B2C8E #8E8B2C #2C8E8B

tetradic

#8B2C8E #8E5A2C #2F8E2C #2C608E

square

#8B2C8E #8E5A2C #2F8E2C #2C608E

split-complementary

#8B2C8E #608E2C #2C8E5A

monochromatic

#300F31 #5D1E5F #8B2C8E #B93ABD #CC65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8B2C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B2C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C8E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C8E	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.173 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eaf',
    500: '#8b2c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c8e;
$custom-light: #b06eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.163,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47475,
    "c": 0.17345,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C8E

secondary

#63B660

accent

#DC4C50

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C8E

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

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