#8A197B#8A197B

#8A197B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.179 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A197B
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(308, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 55.44, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 62.17, 333.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% 0.1615 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.179 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4042, 7.5299, 19.4299)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A197B #198A28

analogous

#61198A #8A197B #8A1942

triadic

#8A197B #7B8A19 #197B8A

tetradic

#8A197B #8A6119 #198A28 #19428A

square

#8A197B #8A6119 #198A28 #19428A

split-complementary

#8A197B #428A19 #198A61

monochromatic

#22061F #56104D #8A197B #BE22A9 #DD41C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8A197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A197B

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A197B	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91254A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.179 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a1',
    500: '#8a197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a197b;
$custom-light: #b065a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.965,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44612,
    "c": 0.17895,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A197B

secondary

#42BD52

accent

#EC533C

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A197B

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

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