#8B308E#8B308E

#8B308E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.168 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B308E
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 50.81, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 60.87, 326.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1402 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.168 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5866, 9.5569, 26.5570)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B308E #338E30

analogous

#5C308E #8B308E #8E3062

triadic

#8B308E #8E8B30 #308E8B

tetradic

#8B308E #8E5C30 #338E30 #30628E

square

#8B308E #8E5C30 #338E30 #30628E

split-complementary

#8B308E #628E30 #308E5C

monochromatic

#311133 #5E2160 #8B308E #B83FBC #CA6BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8B308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8B308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B308E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B308E	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.168 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b070af',
    500: '#8b308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b308e;
$custom-light: #b070af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.085,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47896,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B308E

secondary

#68B465

accent

#D94F53

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B308E

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

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