#8B33B2#8B33B2

#8B33B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.197 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B33B2
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 178)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, 56.64, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 76.17, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.1354 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.197 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8658, 11.0716, 43.2014)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B33B2 #5AB233

analogous

#4C33B2 #8B33B2 #B2339A

triadic

#8B33B2 #B28B33 #33B28B

tetradic

#8B33B2 #B24C33 #5AB233 #339AB2

square

#8B33B2 #B24C33 #5AB233 #339AB2

split-complementary

#8B33B2 #9AB233 #33B24C

monochromatic

#411853 #662582 #8B33B2 #A954CE #C184DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8B33B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8B33B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B33B2

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B33B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B33B2	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b33b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.197 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173ca',
    500: '#8b33b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b33b2;
$custom-light: #b173ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b33b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.575,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5052,
    "c": 0.19747,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B33B2

secondary

#92C57C

accent

#DF4977

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B33B2

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

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