#8B338E#8B338E

#8B338E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.164 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B338E
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(298, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 49.52, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 59.38, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.1366 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.164 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7135, 9.8107, 26.5993)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B338E #368E33

analogous

#5D338E #8B338E #8E3363

triadic

#8B338E #8E8B33 #338E8B

tetradic

#8B338E #8E5D33 #368E33 #33638E

square

#8B338E #8E5D33 #368E33 #33638E

split-complementary

#8B338E #638E33 #338E5D

monochromatic

#331334 #5F2361 #8B338E #B743BB #C970CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8B338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8B338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B338E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B338E	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.164 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b071af',
    500: '#8b338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b338e;
$custom-light: #b071af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.022,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48233,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B338E

secondary

#6CB469

accent

#D75155

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B338E

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

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