#8A187E#8A187E

#8A187E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.182 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A187E
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(306, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(306, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 56.16, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 63.63, 331.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.1624 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.182 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5739, 7.5642, 20.4271)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A187E #188A24

analogous

#5D188A #8A187E #8A1845

triadic

#8A187E #7E8A18 #187E8A

tetradic

#8A187E #8A5D18 #188A24 #18458A

square

#8A187E #8A5D18 #188A24 #18458A

split-complementary

#8A187E #458A18 #188A5D

monochromatic

#22061F #560F4E #8A187E #BE21AE #DE3FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8A187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A187E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A187E	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91264B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.182 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a4',
    500: '#8a187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a187e;
$custom-light: #b065a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44718,
    "c": 0.18199,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A187E

secondary

#40BD4E

accent

#ED4D3B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A187E

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

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