#8A197D#8A197D

#8A197D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.180 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A197D
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(307, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 55.74, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 62.94, 332.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.1616 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.18 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5307, 7.5805, 20.0960)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A197D #198A26

analogous

#5F198A #8A197D #8A1944

triadic

#8A197D #7D8A19 #197D8A

tetradic

#8A197D #8A5F19 #198A26 #19448A

square

#8A197D #8A5F19 #198A26 #19448A

split-complementary

#8A197D #448A19 #198A5F

monochromatic

#22061F #56104E #8A197D #BE22AC #DD41CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8A197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A197D

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A197D	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91264B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.180 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a3',
    500: '#8a197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a197d;
$custom-light: #b065a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.903,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44726,
    "c": 0.1804,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A197D

secondary

#42BD50

accent

#EC503C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A197D

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

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