#8B308C#8B308C

#8B308C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.166 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B308C
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 65.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 50.45, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 59.99, 327.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1401 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.166 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4378, 9.4974, 25.7732)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B308C #318C30

analogous

#5D308C #8B308C #8C305F

triadic

#8B308C #8C8B30 #308C8B

tetradic

#8B308C #8C5D30 #318C30 #305F8C

square

#8B308C #8C5D30 #318C30 #305F8C

split-complementary

#8B308C #5F8C30 #308C5D

monochromatic

#311131 #5E205E #8B308C #B840BA #CB6ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8B308C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8B308C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B308C

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B308C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B308C	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#234F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b308c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.166 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b070ae',
    500: '#8b308c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b308c;
$custom-light: #b070ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b308c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.348,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47781,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B308C

secondary

#65B364

accent

#D84F51

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B308C

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

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