#8B338A#8B338A

#8B338A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.160 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B338A
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(301, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 48.79, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 57.63, 327.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.1363 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.16 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4185, 9.6927, 25.0459)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B338A #338B34

analogous

#60338B #8B338A #8B335E

triadic

#8B338A #8A8B33 #338A8B

tetradic

#8B338A #8B6033 #338B34 #335E8B

square

#8B338A #8B6033 #338B34 #335E8B

split-complementary

#8B338A #5E8B33 #338B60

monochromatic

#311231 #5E235E #8B338A #B843B6 #CA6EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8B338A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8B338A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B338A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B338A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B338A	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29508D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b338a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.160 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b071ac',
    500: '#8b338a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b338a;
$custom-light: #b071ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b338a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.682,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48007,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B338A

secondary

#68B269

accent

#D65352

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B338A

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

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