#8B359B#8B359B

#8B359B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.173 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B359B
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.56, 51.11, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.56, 64.29, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% 0.1346 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.173 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.8363, 10.4026, 32.0724)
Luminance	0.1040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B359B #459B35

analogous

#58359B #8B359B #9B3578

triadic

#8B359B #9B8B35 #359B8B

tetradic

#8B359B #9B5835 #459B35 #35789B

square

#8B359B #9B5835 #459B35 #35789B

split-complementary

#8B359B #789B35 #359B58

monochromatic

#391640 #62256D #8B359B #AF4CC2 #C379D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#8B359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8B359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B359B

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B359B	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19559E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.173 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073b9',
    500: '#8b359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b359b;
$custom-light: #b073b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.588,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49234,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.10402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B359B

secondary

#7DBA72

accent

#D94F65

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B359B

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

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