#8B187C#8B187C

#8B187C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.181 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B187C
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 56.07, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 62.91, 333.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.1633 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.181 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6124, 7.5988, 19.7620)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B187C #188B27

analogous

#61188B #8B187C #8B1843

triadic

#8B187C #7C8B18 #187C8B

tetradic

#8B187C #8B6118 #188B27 #18438B

square

#8B187C #8B6118 #188B27 #18438B

split-complementary

#8B187C #438B18 #188B61

monochromatic

#23061F #570F4D #8B187C #BF21AB #DE3FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B187C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B187C	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.181 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a2',
    500: '#8b187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b187c;
$custom-light: #b165a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44771,
    "c": 0.18107,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B187C

secondary

#40BE51

accent

#ED523A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B187C

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

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