#8B359F#8B359F

#8B359F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.177 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B359F
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 159)
HSL	hsl(289, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.79, 51.90, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.79, 66.16, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1345 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.177 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1778, 10.5392, 33.8709)
Luminance	0.1054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B359F #499F35

analogous

#56359F #8B359F #9F357E

triadic

#8B359F #9F8B35 #359F8B

tetradic

#8B359F #9F5635 #499F35 #357E9F

square

#8B359F #9F5635 #499F35 #357E9F

split-complementary

#8B359F #7E9F35 #359F56

monochromatic

#3B1643 #632671 #8B359F #AD4DC4 #C37BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#8B359F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#8B359F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B359F

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B359F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B359F	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1156A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b359f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.177 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073bc',
    500: '#8b359f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b359f;
$custom-light: #b073bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b359f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.679,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49482,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B359F

secondary

#81BC74

accent

#DA4E69

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B359F

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

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