#8A197C#8A197C

#8A197C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.180 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A197C
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(307, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 55.59, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 62.55, 332.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.1615 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.18 334)
XYZ	xyz(14.4671, 7.5551, 19.7612)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A197C #198A27

analogous

#60198A #8A197C #8A1943

triadic

#8A197C #7C8A19 #197C8A

tetradic

#8A197C #8A6019 #198A27 #19438A

square

#8A197C #8A6019 #198A27 #19438A

split-complementary

#8A197C #438A19 #198A60

monochromatic

#22061F #56104D #8A197C #BE22AB #DD41C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8A197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A197C

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A197C	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)

#15437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91254A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.180 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a2',
    500: '#8a197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a197c;
$custom-light: #b065a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.434,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44669,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.07554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A197C

secondary

#42BD51

accent

#EC523C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A197C

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

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