#8B187D#8B187D

#8B187D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.182 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B187D
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(307, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 56.23, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 63.29, 332.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.1634 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.182 334)
XYZ	xyz(14.6759, 7.6242, 20.0968)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B187D #188B26

analogous

#5F188B #8B187D #8B1844

triadic

#8B187D #7D8B18 #187D8B

tetradic

#8B187D #8B5F18 #188B26 #18448B

square

#8B187D #8B5F18 #188B26 #18448B

split-complementary

#8B187D #448B18 #188B5F

monochromatic

#23061F #570F4E #8B187D #BF21AC #DE3FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8B187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B187D

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B187D	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.182 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a3',
    500: '#8b187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b187d;
$custom-light: #b165a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.304,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44827,
    "c": 0.18178,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.07623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B187D

secondary

#40BE50

accent

#ED503A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B187D

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

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