#8B4E97#8B4E97

#8B4E97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.129 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E97
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 151)
HSL	hsl(290, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 48.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 37.73, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 47.92, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.1002 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.129 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9571, 13.1729, 30.8162)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E97 #5A974E

analogous

#674E97 #8B4E97 #974E7F

triadic

#8B4E97 #978B4E #4E978B

tetradic

#8B4E97 #97674E #5A974E #4E7F97

square

#8B4E97 #97674E #5A974E #4E7F97

split-complementary

#8B4E97 #7F974E #4E9767

monochromatic

#412446 #66396F #8B4E97 #A96EB4 #C196C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8B4E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8B4E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E97

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E97	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43619A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C576B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.129 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82b6',
    500: '#8b4e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e97;
$custom-light: #ae82b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.137,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52438,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E97

secondary

#92B68B

accent

#C86071

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF6

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E97

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

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