#8B2CA1#8B2CA1

#8B2CA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.190 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2CA1
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.60, 56.00, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.60, 71.32, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.1443 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.19 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9803, 9.8644, 34.6682)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2CA1 #42A12C

analogous

#512CA1 #8B2CA1 #A12C7C

triadic

#8B2CA1 #A18B2C #2CA18B

tetradic

#8B2CA1 #A1512C #42A12C #2C7CA1

square

#8B2CA1 #A1512C #42A12C #2C7CA1

split-complementary

#8B2CA1 #7CA12C #2CA151

monochromatic

#381241 #621F71 #8B2CA1 #B140CB #C470D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#8B2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8B2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2CA1

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2CA1	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.190 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ebd',
    500: '#8b2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ca1;
$custom-light: #b06ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.718,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48665,
    "c": 0.1901,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2CA1

secondary

#7ABF6A

accent

#E04764

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2CA1

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

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