#8B2E9B#8B2E9B

#8B2E9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.182 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E9B
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 54.06, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 67.67, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1425 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.182 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5402, 9.8104, 31.9737)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E9B #3E9B2E

analogous

#552E9B #8B2E9B #9B2E75

triadic

#8B2E9B #9B8B2E #2E9B8B

tetradic

#8B2E9B #9B552E #3E9B2E #2E759B

square

#8B2E9B #9B552E #3E9B2E #2E759B

split-complementary

#8B2E9B #759B2E #2E9B55

monochromatic

#36123D #61206C #8B2E9B #B340C6 #C56FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8B2E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8B2E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E9B

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E9B	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03529E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.182 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06fb9',
    500: '#8b2e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e9b;
$custom-light: #b06fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.193,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48475,
    "c": 0.18231,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E9B

secondary

#75BC69

accent

#DE4A60

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E9B

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

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