#8B187B#8B187B

#8B187B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.180 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B187B
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 55.92, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 62.53, 333.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.1633 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.18 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5494, 7.5736, 19.4306)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B187B #188B28

analogous

#62188B #8B187B #8B1842

triadic

#8B187B #7B8B18 #187B8B

tetradic

#8B187B #8B6218 #188B28 #18428B

square

#8B187B #8B6218 #188B28 #18428B

split-complementary

#8B187B #428B18 #188B62

monochromatic

#23061F #570F4D #8B187B #BF21A9 #DE3FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8B187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B187B

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B187B	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.180 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8b187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b187b;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.348,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44714,
    "c": 0.18036,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B187B

secondary

#40BE52

accent

#ED533A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B187B

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

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