#8B2E9F#8B2E9F

#8B2E9F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.186 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E9F
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 54.83, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 69.51, 322.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.1423 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.186 320)
XYZ	xyz(17.8817, 9.9470, 33.7722)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E9F #429F2E

analogous

#532E9F #8B2E9F #9F2E7A

triadic

#8B2E9F #9F8B2E #2E9F8B

tetradic

#8B2E9F #9F532E #429F2E #2E7A9F

square

#8B2E9F #9F532E #429F2E #2E7A9F

split-complementary

#8B2E9F #7A9F2E #2E9F53

monochromatic

#381340 #622070 #8B2E9F #B142C8 #C471D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8B2E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8B2E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E9F

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E9F	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.186 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06fbc',
    500: '#8b2e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e9f;
$custom-light: #b06fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.381,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48731,
    "c": 0.1859,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.09946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E9F

secondary

#7ABE6B

accent

#DE4964

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E9F

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

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