#8B359D#8B359D

#8B359D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.175 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B359D
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.67, 51.50, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.67, 65.23, 322.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1345 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.175 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0056, 10.4704, 32.9643)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B359D #479D35

analogous

#57359D #8B359D #9D357B

triadic

#8B359D #9D8B35 #359D8B

tetradic

#8B359D #9D5735 #479D35 #357B9D

square

#8B359D #9D5735 #479D35 #357B9D

split-complementary

#8B359D #7B9D35 #359D57

monochromatic

#3A1641 #62266F #8B359D #AE4CC3 #C37AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#8B359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B359D

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B359D	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1555A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.175 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073ba',
    500: '#8b359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b359d;
$custom-light: #b073ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.615,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49357,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B359D

secondary

#7FBB73

accent

#D94F67

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B359D

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

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