#8B2E87#8B2E87

#8B2E87 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.165 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E87
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(303, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 50.40, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 58.80, 328.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% 0.1422 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.165 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9975, 9.1934, 23.8489)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E87 #2E8B32

analogous

#612E8B #8B2E87 #8B2E59

triadic

#8B2E87 #878B2E #2E878B

tetradic

#8B2E87 #8B612E #2E8B32 #2E598B

square

#8B2E87 #8B612E #2E8B32 #2E598B

split-complementary

#8B2E87 #598B2E #2E8B61

monochromatic

#2F102E #5D1F5A #8B2E87 #B93DB4 #CD67C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8B2E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B2E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E87

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E87	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.165 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eaa',
    500: '#8b2e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e87;
$custom-light: #b06eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.581,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4728,
    "c": 0.16489,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E87

secondary

#61B365

accent

#DA544E

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E87

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

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