#8B4E83#8B4E83

#8B4E83 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.109 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E83
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 131)
HSL	hsl(308, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(308, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 33.76, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 38.67, 330.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.096 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.109 332)
XYZ	xyz(17.4684, 12.5774, 22.9759)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E83 #4E8B56

analogous

#754E8B #8B4E83 #8B4E64

triadic

#8B4E83 #838B4E #4E838B

tetradic

#8B4E83 #8B754E #4E8B56 #4E648B

square

#8B4E83 #8B754E #4E8B56 #4E648B

split-complementary

#8B4E83 #648B4E #4E8B75

monochromatic

#3D2239 #64385E #8B4E83 #AC6BA3 #C292BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8B4E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8B4E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E83

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E83	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#905262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.109 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae81a7',
    500: '#8b4e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e83;
$custom-light: #ae81a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.869,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51468,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.12576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E83

secondary

#87AE8C

accent

#C47063

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F5EFF4

border

#CFCACE

text

#100A0F

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E83

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

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