#8B3097#8B3097

#8B3097 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.176 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3097
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 151)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.55, 52.48, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.55, 64.91, 323.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.1404 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.176 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2898, 9.8382, 30.2604)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3097 #3C9730

analogous

#583097 #8B3097 #973070

triadic

#8B3097 #978B30 #30978B

tetradic

#8B3097 #975830 #3C9730 #307097

square

#8B3097 #975830 #3C9730 #307097

split-complementary

#8B3097 #709730 #309758

monochromatic

#36123A #602169 #8B3097 #B441C3 #C670D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8B3097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8B3097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3097

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3097	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14529A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.176 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b070b6',
    500: '#8b3097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3097;
$custom-light: #b070b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.01,
    "s": 51.759,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48434,
    "c": 0.17615,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3097

secondary

#73B96A

accent

#DB4D5D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3097

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

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