#8B378D#8B378D

#8B378D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.157 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B378D
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(299, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 61%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.10, 47.52, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.10, 56.86, 326.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1315 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.157 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8211, 10.1455, 26.2664)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B378D #398D37

analogous

#60378D #8B378D #8D3764

triadic

#8B378D #8D8B37 #378D8B

tetradic

#8B378D #8D6037 #398D37 #37648D

square

#8B378D #8D6037 #398D37 #37648D

split-complementary

#8B378D #648D37 #378D60

monochromatic

#341535 #602661 #8B378D #B549B8 #C775C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#8B378D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#8B378D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B378D

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B378D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B378D	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b378d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.157 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73ae',
    500: '#8b378d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b378d;
$custom-light: #af73ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b378d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.605,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48652,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B378D

secondary

#6FB26E

accent

#D45457

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B378D

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

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