#8B4E8D#8B4E8D

#8B4E8D is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.119 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E8D
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(298, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 35.69, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 43.16, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.0984 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.119 326)
XYZ	xyz(18.1792, 12.8617, 26.7191)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E8D #508D4E

analogous

#6B4E8D #8B4E8D #8D4E6F

triadic

#8B4E8D #8D8B4E #4E8D8B

tetradic

#8B4E8D #8D6B4E #508D4E #4E6F8D

square

#8B4E8D #8D6B4E #508D4E #4E6F8D

split-complementary

#8B4E8D #6F8D4E #4E8D6B

monochromatic

#3D223E #643866 #8B4E8D #AB6BAD #C192C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8B4E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B4E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E8D

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E8D	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48608F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59678B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.119 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae81ae',
    500: '#8b4e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e8d;
$custom-light: #ae81ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.095,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51936,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.12861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E8D

secondary

#89AF87

accent

#C56366

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F5EFF4

border

#CFCACE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E8D

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

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