#8A197E#8A197E

#8A197E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.181 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A197E
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(306, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(306, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, 55.90, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 63.33, 331.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.1616 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.181 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5949, 7.6062, 20.4341)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A197E #198A25

analogous

#5E198A #8A197E #8A1945

triadic

#8A197E #7E8A19 #197E8A

tetradic

#8A197E #8A5E19 #198A25 #19458A

square

#8A197E #8A5E19 #198A25 #19458A

split-complementary

#8A197E #458A19 #198A5E

monochromatic

#22061F #56104F #8A197E #BE22AD #DD41CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8A197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A197E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A197E	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91274C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.181 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a4',
    500: '#8a197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a197e;
$custom-light: #b065a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.372,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44783,
    "c": 0.18112,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A197E

secondary

#42BD4F

accent

#EC4E3C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A197E

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