#8B309C#8B309C

#8B309C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.181 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B309C
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 69.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 53.44, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 67.20, 322.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% 0.1403 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.181 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7045, 10.0041, 32.4445)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B309C #419C30

analogous

#55309C #8B309C #9C3077

triadic

#8B309C #9C8B30 #309C8B

tetradic

#8B309C #9C5530 #419C30 #30779C

square

#8B309C #9C5530 #419C30 #30779C

split-complementary

#8B309C #779C30 #309C55

monochromatic

#38133E #61226D #8B309C #B144C5 #C573D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8B309C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8B309C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B309C

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B309C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B309C	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08539F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b309c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.181 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b070ba',
    500: '#8b309c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b309c;
$custom-light: #b070ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b309c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48745,
    "c": 0.18067,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B309C

secondary

#79BC6C

accent

#DC4B62

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B309C

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

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