#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
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 155)
HSL	hsl(282, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(282, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 25.44, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 34.61, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.0656 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.092 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2166, 17.1633, 33.1992)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8B659B	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B659B

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

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