#8B3C8A#8B3C8A

#8B3C8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.147 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3C8A
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(301, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 44.58, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 52.78, 327.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.1244 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.147 328)
XYZ	xyz(16.8505, 10.5567, 25.1899)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3C8A #3C8B3D

analogous

#653C8B #8B3C8A #8B3C63

triadic

#8B3C8A #8A8B3C #3C8A8B

tetradic

#8B3C8A #8B653C #3C8B3D #3C638B

square

#8B3C8A #8B653C #3C8B3D #3C638B

split-complementary

#8B3C8A #638B3C #3C8B65

monochromatic

#361735 #602A60 #8B3C8A #B451B2 #C67BC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#8B3C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#8B3C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3C8A

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3C8A	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34558C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.147 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76ac',
    500: '#8b3c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3c8a;
$custom-light: #af76ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.759,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49129,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.10556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3C8A

secondary

#73B074

accent

#D05A58

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3C8A

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

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