#8B359C#8B359C

#8B359C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.174 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B359C
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 156)
HSL	hsl(290, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 66%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.61, 51.30, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.61, 64.76, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% 0.1346 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.174 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9206, 10.4364, 32.5165)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B359C #469C35

analogous

#57359C #8B359C #9C3579

triadic

#8B359C #9C8B35 #359C8B

tetradic

#8B359C #9C5735 #469C35 #35799C

square

#8B359C #9C5735 #469C35 #35799C

split-complementary

#8B359C #799C35 #359C57

monochromatic

#3A1641 #62256E #8B359C #AF4CC2 #C37AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#8B359C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B359C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B359C

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B359C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B359C	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b359c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.174 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073ba',
    500: '#8b359c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b359c;
$custom-light: #b073ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b359c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.097,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49296,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B359C

secondary

#7EBA72

accent

#D94F66

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B359C

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

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