#8B659B#8B659B

#8B659B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.092 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B659B
RGBrgb(139, 101, 155)
HSLhsl(282, 21%, 50%)
HSVhsv(282, 35%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(10.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(48.47, 25.44, -23.47)
CIE-LCHlch(48.47, 34.61, 317.31°)
OKLaboklab(56.59% 0.0656 -0.0643)
OKLCHoklch(56.59% 0.092 315.6)
XYZxyz(21.2166, 17.1633, 33.1992)
Luminance0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B659B #759B65
analogous
#70659B #8B659B #9B6590
triadic
#8B659B #9B8B65 #659B8B
tetradic
#8B659B #9B7065 #759B65 #65909B
square
#8B659B #9B7065 #759B65 #65909B
split-complementary
#8B659B #909B65 #659B70
monochromatic
#493551 #6A4D76 #8B659B #A78AB3 #C3AFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74
#8B659B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43
#8B659B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B659B
4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B659B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B659B1.004.744.434.74
#FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00
#0000004.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D719D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#667499
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8A6C79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b659b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.092 315.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad91b8',
    500: '#8b659b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b659b;
$custom-light: #ad91b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b659b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56586,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B659B
secondary
#A9BAA2
accent
#BE6A83
background
#FAF8FB
surface
#F4F0F6
border
#CECBD0
text
#100D11
muted
#7F7D80

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#8B659B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva