#8B2D9C#8B2D9C

#8B2D9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.184 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D9C
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 54.65, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 68.58, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.1435 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.184 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5859, 9.7670, 32.4049)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D9C #3E9C2D

analogous

#542D9C #8B2D9C #9C2D76

triadic

#8B2D9C #9C8B2D #2D9C8B

tetradic

#8B2D9C #9C542D #3E9C2D #2D769C

square

#8B2D9C #9C542D #3E9C2D #2D769C

split-complementary

#8B2D9C #769C2D #2D9C54

monochromatic

#36123D #611F6D #8B2D9C #B33FC8 #C56ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#8B2D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8B2D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D9C

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D9C	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.184 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06fba',
    500: '#8b2d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d9c;
$custom-light: #b06fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.811,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48438,
    "c": 0.18444,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D9C

secondary

#75BC68

accent

#DF4960

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D9C

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

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