#8B2C97#8B2C97

#8B2C97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.181 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C97
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 54.10, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 66.75, 324.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1448 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.181 323)
XYZ	xyz(17.1335, 9.5257, 30.2083)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C97 #38972C

analogous

#552C97 #8B2C97 #972C6D

triadic

#8B2C97 #978B2C #2C978B

tetradic

#8B2C97 #97552C #38972C #2C6D97

square

#8B2C97 #97552C #38972C #2C6D97

split-complementary

#8B2C97 #6D972C #2C9755

monochromatic

#341038 #5F1E68 #8B2C97 #B63AC6 #C86AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#8B2C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8B2C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C97

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C97	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.181 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb6',
    500: '#8b2c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c97;
$custom-light: #b06eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.271,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48023,
    "c": 0.18124,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.09525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C97

secondary

#6EBA65

accent

#DE4A5A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C97

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