#8B3AA2#8B3AA2

#8B3AA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.173 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3AA2
RGB	rgb(139, 58, 162)
HSL	hsl(287, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 64.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.79, 50.24, -41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.79, 65.01, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.1285 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.173 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6812, 11.1245, 35.3386)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3AA2 #51A23A

analogous

#573AA2 #8B3AA2 #A23A85

triadic

#8B3AA2 #A28B3A #3AA28B

tetradic

#8B3AA2 #A2573A #51A23A #3A85A2

square

#8B3AA2 #A2573A #51A23A #3A85A2

split-complementary

#8B3AA2 #85A23A #3AA257

monochromatic

#3E1A48 #642A75 #8B3AA2 #AB57C3 #C184D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8B3AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8B3AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3AA2

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3AA2	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1958A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E609F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 58, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.173 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076be',
    500: '#8b3aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3aa2;
$custom-light: #b076be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.731,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50259,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3AA2

secondary

#8ABD7B

accent

#D7516F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3AA2

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

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