#8B2C99#8B2C99

#8B2C99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.183 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C99
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 54.47, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 67.65, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1447 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.183 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2973, 9.5912, 31.0710)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C99 #3A992C

analogous

#542C99 #8B2C99 #992C70

triadic

#8B2C99 #998B2C #2C998B

tetradic

#8B2C99 #99542C #3A992C #2C7099

square

#8B2C99 #99542C #3A992C #2C7099

split-complementary

#8B2C99 #70992C #2C9954

monochromatic

#35113A #601E69 #8B2C99 #B53BC7 #C76BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#8B2C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8B2C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C99

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C99	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02509C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.183 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb7',
    500: '#8b2c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c99;
$custom-light: #b06eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.294,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48148,
    "c": 0.183,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C99

secondary

#71BB66

accent

#DF495C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C99

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

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