#8A197A#8A197A

#8A197A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.178 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A197A
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(308, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 55.29, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 61.79, 333.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.1614 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.178 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3419, 7.5050, 19.1019)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A197A #198A29

analogous

#62198A #8A197A #8A1941

triadic

#8A197A #7A8A19 #197A8A

tetradic

#8A197A #8A6219 #198A29 #19418A

square

#8A197A #8A6219 #198A29 #19418A

split-complementary

#8A197A #418A19 #198A62

monochromatic

#22061E #56104C #8A197A #BE22A8 #DD41C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A197A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A197A	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18437C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.178 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a1',
    500: '#8a197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a197a;
$custom-light: #b065a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.496,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44556,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A197A

secondary

#42BD53

accent

#EC553C

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A197A

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

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