#8B187A#8B187A

#8B187A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.180 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B187A
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 55.77, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 62.16, 333.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.1632 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.18 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4872, 7.5487, 19.1027)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B187A #188B29

analogous

#63188B #8B187A #8B1840

triadic

#8B187A #7A8B18 #187A8B

tetradic

#8B187A #8B6318 #188B29 #18408B

square

#8B187A #8B6318 #188B29 #18408B

split-complementary

#8B187A #408B18 #188B63

monochromatic

#23061E #570F4C #8B187A #BF21A8 #DE3FC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8B187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B187A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B187A	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18437C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.180 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8b187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b187a;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.87,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44658,
    "c": 0.17966,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B187A

secondary

#40BE53

accent

#ED553A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B187A

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

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