#8A187B#8A187B

#8A187B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.180 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A187B
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 55.70, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 62.47, 333.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1623 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.18 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3832, 7.4879, 19.4229)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A187B #188A27

analogous

#60188A #8A187B #8A1842

triadic

#8A187B #7B8A18 #187B8A

tetradic

#8A187B #8A6018 #188A27 #18428A

square

#8A187B #8A6018 #188A27 #18428A

split-complementary

#8A187B #428A18 #188A60

monochromatic

#22061E #560F4D #8A187B #BE21A9 #DE3FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8A187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A187B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A187B	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.180 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a1',
    500: '#8a187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a187b;
$custom-light: #b065a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.895,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44547,
    "c": 0.17984,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A187B

secondary

#40BD51

accent

#ED523B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A187B

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

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