#8B397F#8B397F

#8B397F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.142 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B397F
RGB	rgb(139, 57, 127)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(309, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 44.06, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 49.78, 332.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.127 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.142 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9414, 9.9487, 21.1552)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B397F #398B45

analogous

#6E398B #8B397F #8B3956

triadic

#8B397F #7F8B39 #397F8B

tetradic

#8B397F #8B6E39 #398B45 #39568B

square

#8B397F #8B6E39 #398B45 #39568B

split-complementary

#8B397F #568B39 #398B6E

monochromatic

#341530 #602757 #8B397F #B54CA6 #C777BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8B397F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8B397F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B397F

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B397F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B397F	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b397f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 57, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.142 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74a4',
    500: '#8b397f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b397f;
$custom-light: #af74a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b397f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.78,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48167,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B397F

secondary

#6FB079

accent

#D26856

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B397F

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

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