#8B39B2#8B39B2

#8B39B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.190 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B39B2
RGB	rgb(139, 57, 178)
HSL	hsl(281, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 68%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 54.05, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 73.26, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.129 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.19 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1450, 11.6301, 43.2945)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B39B2 #60B239

analogous

#4E39B2 #8B39B2 #B2399C

triadic

#8B39B2 #B28B39 #39B28B

tetradic

#8B39B2 #B24E39 #60B239 #399CB2

square

#8B39B2 #B24E39 #60B239 #399CB2

split-complementary

#8B39B2 #9CB239 #39B24E

monochromatic

#431B55 #672A84 #8B39B2 #A85DCB #C18BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#8B39B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8B39B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B39B2

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B39B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B39B2	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F62AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b39b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 57, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.190 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176ca',
    500: '#8b39b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b39b2;
$custom-light: #b176ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b39b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.661,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51178,
    "c": 0.18993,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B39B2

secondary

#98C482

accent

#DB4D7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B39B2

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

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