#8B399B#8B399B

#8B399B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.167 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B399B
RGB	rgb(139, 57, 155)
HSL	hsl(290, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 49.29, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 62.22, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% 0.1297 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.167 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0263, 10.7826, 32.1357)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B399B #499B39

analogous

#5A399B #8B399B #9B397A

triadic

#8B399B #9B8B39 #399B8B

tetradic

#8B399B #9B5A39 #499B39 #397A9B

square

#8B399B #9B5A39 #499B39 #397A9B

split-complementary

#8B399B #7A9B39 #399B5A

monochromatic

#3B1842 #63296E #8B399B #AD52BF #C37FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#8B399B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8B399B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B399B

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B399B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B399B	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21579E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b399b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 57, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.167 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075b9',
    500: '#8b399b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b399b;
$custom-light: #b075b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b399b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.204,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49709,
    "c": 0.16736,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B399B

secondary

#81B977

accent

#D65267

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B399B

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

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