#8B4E99#8B4E99

#8B4E99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.131 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E99
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(289, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(289, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 49%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 38.14, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 48.90, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.1005 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.131 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1209, 13.2384, 31.6789)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E99 #5C994E

analogous

#654E99 #8B4E99 #994E81

triadic

#8B4E99 #998B4E #4E998B

tetradic

#8B4E99 #99654E #5C994E #4E8199

square

#8B4E99 #99654E #5C994E #4E8199

split-complementary

#8B4E99 #81994E #4E9965

monochromatic

#412548 #663970 #8B4E99 #A86FB5 #C197CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8B4E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8B4E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E99

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E99	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42629C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C586C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.131 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82b7',
    500: '#8b4e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e99;
$custom-light: #ae82b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52542,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E99

secondary

#94B78C

accent

#C95F73

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF6

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E99

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

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