#8B2E9C#8B2E9C

#8B2E9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.183 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E9C
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 54.25, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 68.12, 322.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.1425 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.183 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.6245, 9.8442, 32.4178)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E9C #3F9C2E

analogous

#542E9C #8B2E9C #9C2E76

triadic

#8B2E9C #9C8B2E #2E9C8B

tetradic

#8B2E9C #9C542E #3F9C2E #2E769C

square

#8B2E9C #9C542E #3F9C2E #2E769C

split-complementary

#8B2E9C #769C2E #2E9C54

monochromatic

#37123D #61206D #8B2E9C #B240C7 #C570D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8B2E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8B2E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E9C

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E9C	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00529F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.183 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06fba',
    500: '#8b2e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e9c;
$custom-light: #b06fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48539,
    "c": 0.18321,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.09843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E9C

secondary

#76BC6A

accent

#DE4A61

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E9C

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

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