#8B2E8E#8B2E8E

#8B2E8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.171 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E8E
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.74, 51.64, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.74, 61.83, 326.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.1426 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.171 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5066, 9.3970, 26.5303)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E8E #318E2E

analogous

#5B2E8E #8B2E8E #8E2E61

triadic

#8B2E8E #8E8B2E #2E8E8B

tetradic

#8B2E8E #8E5B2E #318E2E #2E618E

square

#8B2E8E #8E5B2E #318E2E #2E618E

split-complementary

#8B2E8E #618E2E #2E8E5B

monochromatic

#311032 #5E1F60 #8B2E8E #B83DBC #CB68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8B2E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B2E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E8E

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E8E	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.171 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06faf',
    500: '#8b2e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e8e;
$custom-light: #b06faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.125,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47681,
    "c": 0.17085,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E8E

secondary

#65B563

accent

#DB4D52

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E8E

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

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