#8B2EA0#8B2EA0

#8B2EA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.187 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2EA0
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 160)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 71.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 55.03, -43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 69.97, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.1423 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.187 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9688, 9.9819, 34.2311)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2EA0 #43A02E

analogous

#522EA0 #8B2EA0 #A02E7C

triadic

#8B2EA0 #A08B2E #2EA08B

tetradic

#8B2EA0 #A0522E #43A02E #2E7CA0

square

#8B2EA0 #A0522E #43A02E #2E7CA0

split-complementary

#8B2EA0 #7CA02E #2EA052

monochromatic

#381341 #622070 #8B2EA0 #B042C9 #C472D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8B2EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8B2EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2EA0

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2EA0	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.187 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06fbd',
    500: '#8b2ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ea0;
$custom-light: #b06fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.947,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48796,
    "c": 0.1868,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2EA0

secondary

#7BBE6C

accent

#DF4965

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2EA0

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

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