#8B2CA5#8B2CA5

#8B2CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.194 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2CA5
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 56.78, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 73.17, 320.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.1439 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.194 318)
XYZ	xyz(18.3387, 10.0078, 36.5557)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2CA5 #46A52C

analogous

#4E2CA5 #8B2CA5 #A52C82

triadic

#8B2CA5 #A58B2C #2CA58B

tetradic

#8B2CA5 #A54E2C #46A52C #2C82A5

square

#8B2CA5 #A54E2C #46A52C #2C82A5

split-complementary

#8B2CA5 #82A52C #2CA54E

monochromatic

#3A1244 #621F75 #8B2CA5 #AF42CD #C372D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8B2CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8B2CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2CA5

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2CA5	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.194 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fc0',
    500: '#8b2ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ca5;
$custom-light: #b16fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.107,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48932,
    "c": 0.19368,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.10007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2CA5

secondary

#7EC16C

accent

#E14768

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2CA5

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

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