#8B4E95#8B4E95

#8B4E95 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.127 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E95
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 149)
HSL	hsl(292, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(292, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 47.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 37.31, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 46.95, 322.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.0999 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.127 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7961, 13.1084, 29.9680)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E95 #58954E

analogous

#674E95 #8B4E95 #954E7C

triadic

#8B4E95 #958B4E #4E958B

tetradic

#8B4E95 #95674E #58954E #4E7C95

square

#8B4E95 #95674E #58954E #4E7C95

split-complementary

#8B4E95 #7C954E #4E9567

monochromatic

#402445 #66396D #8B4E95 #A96DB3 #C196C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8B4E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8B4E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E95

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E95	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D576A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.127 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82b4',
    500: '#8b4e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e95;
$custom-light: #ae82b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.549,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52335,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E95

secondary

#90B48A

accent

#C7606F

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF6

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E95

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

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