#8B449D#8B449D

#8B449D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.152 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B449D
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 157)
HSL	hsl(288, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 56.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 44.30, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 56.99, 321.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.1153 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.152 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7996, 12.0583, 33.2290)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B449D #569D44

analogous

#5F449D #8B449D #9D4483

triadic

#8B449D #9D8B44 #449D8B

tetradic

#8B449D #9D5F44 #569D44 #44839D

square

#8B449D #9D5F44 #569D44 #44839D

split-complementary

#8B449D #839D44 #449D5F

monochromatic

#3F1F48 #653272 #8B449D #A963BB #C18ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8B449D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B449D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B449D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B449D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B449D	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b449d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.152 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bba',
    500: '#8b449d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b449d;
$custom-light: #af7bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b449d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.865,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51273,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B449D

secondary

#8EB984

accent

#CF5870

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B449D

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

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