#8B359A#8B359A

#8B359A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.172 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B359A
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 154)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 50.91, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 63.83, 322.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.1346 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.172 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7527, 10.3692, 31.6319)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B359A #449A35

analogous

#58359A #8B359A #9A3576

triadic

#8B359A #9A8B35 #359A8B

tetradic

#8B359A #9A5835 #449A35 #35769A

square

#8B359A #9A5835 #449A35 #35769A

split-complementary

#8B359A #769A35 #359A58

monochromatic

#39163F #62256C #8B359A #B04BC1 #C479D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#8B359A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8B359A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B359A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B359A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B359A	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A549D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b359a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.172 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073b8',
    500: '#8b359a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b359a;
$custom-light: #b073b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b359a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.089,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49173,
    "c": 0.17212,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B359A

secondary

#7CB971

accent

#D84F64

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B359A

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

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