#8B409E#8B409E

#8B409E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.160 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B409E
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 158)
HSL	hsl(288, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 59.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.61, 46.53, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.61, 59.79, 321.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.1208 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.16 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6516, 11.6252, 33.6025)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B409E #539E40

analogous

#5C409E #8B409E #9E4082

triadic

#8B409E #9E8B40 #409E8B

tetradic

#8B409E #9E5C40 #539E40 #40829E

square

#8B409E #9E5C40 #539E40 #40829E

split-complementary

#8B409E #829E40 #409E5C

monochromatic

#3E1D47 #652E72 #8B409E #AA5EBE #C189CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8B409E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8B409E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B409E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B409E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B409E	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46629C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b409e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.160 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af79bb',
    500: '#8b409e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b409e;
$custom-light: #af79bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b409e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.872,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50783,
    "c": 0.15979,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B409E

secondary

#8CBA80

accent

#D2566F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B409E

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

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