#8B2D8B#8B2D8B

#8B2D8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.170 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D8B
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(300, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, 51.51, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 60.99, 327.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.1436 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.17 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2458, 9.2309, 25.3472)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D8B #2D8B2D

analogous

#5C2D8B #8B2D8B #8B2D5C

triadic

#8B2D8B #8B8B2D #2D8B8B

tetradic

#8B2D8B #8B5C2D #2D8B2D #2D5C8B

square

#8B2D8B #8B5C2D #2D8B2D #2D5C8B

split-complementary

#8B2D8B #5C8B2D #2D8B5C

monochromatic

#2F0F2F #5D1E5D #8B2D8B #B93CB9 #CD65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8B2D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B2D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D8B

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D8B	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.170 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ead',
    500: '#8b2d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d8b;
$custom-light: #b06ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47402,
    "c": 0.1696,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D8B

secondary

#60B460

accent

#DB4D4D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D8B

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

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