#8B359E#8B359E

#8B359E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.176 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B359E
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 158)
HSL	hsl(289, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 66.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 51.70, -40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 65.69, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% 0.1345 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.176 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0914, 10.5047, 33.4158)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B359E #489E35

analogous

#57359E #8B359E #9E357D

triadic

#8B359E #9E8B35 #359E8B

tetradic

#8B359E #9E5735 #489E35 #357D9E

square

#8B359E #9E5735 #489E35 #357D9E

split-complementary

#8B359E #7D9E35 #359E57

monochromatic

#3A1642 #632670 #8B359E #AE4DC3 #C37BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#8B359E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8B359E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B359E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B359E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B359E	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1355A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b359e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.176 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073bb',
    500: '#8b359e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b359e;
$custom-light: #b073bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b359e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.143,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4942,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B359E

secondary

#80BB73

accent

#D94F68

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B359E

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

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