#8B319B#8B319B

#8B319B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.178 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B319B
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 52.83, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 66.26, 322.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.1392 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.178 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6615, 10.0531, 32.0141)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B319B #419B31

analogous

#56319B #8B319B #9B3176

triadic

#8B319B #9B8B31 #319B8B

tetradic

#8B319B #9B5631 #419B31 #31769B

square

#8B319B #9B5631 #419B31 #31769B

split-complementary

#8B319B #769B31 #319B56

monochromatic

#38143E #61226D #8B319B #B145C4 #C473D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#8B319B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8B319B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B319B

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B319B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B319B	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E539E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b319b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.178 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b071b9',
    500: '#8b319b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b319b;
$custom-light: #b071b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b319b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.943,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48789,
    "c": 0.17846,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B319B

secondary

#79BB6D

accent

#DB4C62

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B319B

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

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