#8B2D9B#8B2D9B

#8B2D9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.184 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D9B
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 71%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 54.46, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 68.12, 323.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1436 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.184 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5016, 9.7332, 31.9608)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D9B #3D9B2D

analogous

#542D9B #8B2D9B #9B2D74

triadic

#8B2D9B #9B8B2D #2D9B8B

tetradic

#8B2D9B #9B542D #3D9B2D #2D749B

square

#8B2D9B #9B542D #3D9B2D #2D749B

split-complementary

#8B2D9B #749B2D #2D9B54

monochromatic

#36113C #601F6C #8B2D9B #B33EC7 #C66ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8B2D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8B2D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D9B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D9B	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.184 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06fb9',
    500: '#8b2d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d9b;
$custom-light: #b06fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48374,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D9B

secondary

#74BC68

accent

#DE495F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D9B

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

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