#8B2E8D#8B2E8D

#8B2E8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.170 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E8D
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 51.46, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 61.39, 326.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.1425 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.17 327)
XYZ	xyz(16.4319, 9.3671, 26.1367)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E8D #308D2E

analogous

#5C2E8D #8B2E8D #8D2E60

triadic

#8B2E8D #8D8B2E #2E8D8B

tetradic

#8B2E8D #8D5C2E #308D2E #2E608D

square

#8B2E8D #8D5C2E #308D2E #2E608D

split-complementary

#8B2E8D #608D2E #2E8D5C

monochromatic

#301031 #5E1F5F #8B2E8D #B83DBB #CC68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8B2E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8B2E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E8D

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E8D	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.170 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06faf',
    500: '#8b2e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e8d;
$custom-light: #b06faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.737,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47623,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.09366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E8D

secondary

#64B562

accent

#DA4E50

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E8D

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

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