#8B379D#8B379D

#8B379D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.172 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B379D
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 157)
HSL	hsl(289, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 65%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 50.60, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 64.21, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.1322 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.172 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0987, 10.6565, 32.9953)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B379D #499D37

analogous

#58379D #8B379D #9D377C

triadic

#8B379D #9D8B37 #379D8B

tetradic

#8B379D #9D5837 #499D37 #377C9D

square

#8B379D #9D5837 #499D37 #377C9D

split-complementary

#8B379D #7C9D37 #379D58

monochromatic

#3B1742 #632770 #8B379D #AD50C2 #C37DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#8B379D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8B379D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B379D

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B379D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B379D	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A56A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b379d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.172 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074ba',
    500: '#8b379d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b379d;
$custom-light: #b074ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b379d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4959,
    "c": 0.17215,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B379D

secondary

#81BB75

accent

#D85068

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B379D

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

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