#8B4E87#8B4E87

#8B4E87 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.113 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E87
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 135)
HSL	hsl(304, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 34.52, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 40.43, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.097 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.113 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7448, 12.6879, 24.4313)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E87 #4E8B52

analogous

#704E8B #8B4E87 #8B4E69

triadic

#8B4E87 #878B4E #4E878B

tetradic

#8B4E87 #8B704E #4E8B52 #4E698B

square

#8B4E87 #8B704E #4E8B52 #4E698B

split-complementary

#8B4E87 #698B4E #4E8B70

monochromatic

#3D223B #643861 #8B4E87 #AC6BA7 #C292BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8B4E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B4E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E87

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E87	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.113 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae81aa',
    500: '#8b4e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e87;
$custom-light: #ae81aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.934,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51651,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E87

secondary

#87AE89

accent

#C46A63

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F5EFF4

border

#CFCACE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E87

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

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