#8B309E#8B309E

#8B309E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.182 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B309E
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 69.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 53.83, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 68.12, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1402 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.182 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8752, 10.0724, 33.3437)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B309E #439E30

analogous

#54309E #8B309E #9E307A

triadic

#8B309E #9E8B30 #309E8B

tetradic

#8B309E #9E5430 #439E30 #307A9E

square

#8B309E #9E5430 #439E30 #307A9E

split-complementary

#8B309E #7A9E30 #309E54

monochromatic

#381340 #62226F #8B309E #B045C6 #C474D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#8B309E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8B309E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B309E

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B309E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B309E	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0153A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b309e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.182 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b070bb',
    500: '#8b309e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b309e;
$custom-light: #b070bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b309e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.636,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48872,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B309E

secondary

#7BBD6D

accent

#DD4B64

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B309E

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

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