#8A187A#8A187A

#8A187A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.179 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A187A
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 55.55, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 62.09, 333.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% 0.1622 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.179 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3209, 7.4630, 19.0949)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A187A #188A28

analogous

#61188A #8A187A #8A1841

triadic

#8A187A #7A8A18 #187A8A

tetradic

#8A187A #8A6118 #188A28 #18418A

square

#8A187A #8A6118 #188A28 #18418A

split-complementary

#8A187A #418A18 #188A61

monochromatic

#22061E #560F4C #8A187A #BE21A8 #DE3FC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8A187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A187A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A187A	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17437C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.179 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a1',
    500: '#8a187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a187a;
$custom-light: #b065a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.421,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4449,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A187A

secondary

#40BD52

accent

#ED543B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A187A

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

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