#8B409B#8B409B

#8B409B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.157 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B409B
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 155)
HSL	hsl(289, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 58.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 45.91, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 58.35, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1206 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.157 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3965, 11.5231, 32.2591)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B409B #509B40

analogous

#5E409B #8B409B #9B407D

triadic

#8B409B #9B8B40 #409B8B

tetradic

#8B409B #9B5E40 #509B40 #407D9B

square

#8B409B #9B5E40 #509B40 #407D9B

split-complementary

#8B409B #7D9B40 #409B5E

monochromatic

#3D1C44 #642E70 #8B409B #AB5CBC #C188CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8B409B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8B409B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B409B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B409B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B409B	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b409b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.157 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af79b9',
    500: '#8b409b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b409b;
$custom-light: #af79b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b409b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.451,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50608,
    "c": 0.15677,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B409B

secondary

#89B87E

accent

#D1566C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B409B

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

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