#8A187C#8A187C

#8A187C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.181 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A187C
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(307, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 55.85, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 62.85, 332.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.1623 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.181 334)
XYZ	xyz(14.4461, 7.5131, 19.7542)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A187C #188A26

analogous

#5F188A #8A187C #8A1843

triadic

#8A187C #7C8A18 #187C8A

tetradic

#8A187C #8A5F18 #188A26 #18438A

square

#8A187C #8A5F18 #188A26 #18438A

split-complementary

#8A187C #438A18 #188A5F

monochromatic

#22061E #560F4D #8A187C #BE21AB #DE3FCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8A187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A187C

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A187C	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91254A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.181 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a2',
    500: '#8a187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a187c;
$custom-light: #b065a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.368,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44603,
    "c": 0.18055,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.07512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A187C

secondary

#40BD50

accent

#ED513B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A187C

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

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