#8B309B#8B309B

#8B309B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.180 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B309B
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 69%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 53.25, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 66.74, 322.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.1403 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.18 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6201, 9.9704, 32.0003)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B309B #409B30

analogous

#56309B #8B309B #9B3076

triadic

#8B309B #9B8B30 #309B8B

tetradic

#8B309B #9B5630 #409B30 #30769B

square

#8B309B #9B5630 #409B30 #30769B

split-complementary

#8B309B #769B30 #309B56

monochromatic

#37133E #61226C #8B309B #B243C5 #C572D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8B309B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8B309B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B309B

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B309B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B309B	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B529E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b309b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.180 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b070b9',
    500: '#8b309b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b309b;
$custom-light: #b070b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b309b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.028,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48682,
    "c": 0.17975,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B309B

secondary

#78BB6C

accent

#DC4C61

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B309B

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

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