#8B187E#8B187E

#8B187E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.182 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B187E
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 56.38, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 63.68, 332.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.1634 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.183 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7401, 7.6499, 20.4349)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B187E #188B25

analogous

#5F188B #8B187E #8B1844

triadic

#8B187E #7E8B18 #187E8B

tetradic

#8B187E #8B5F18 #188B25 #18448B

square

#8B187E #8B5F18 #188B25 #18448B

split-complementary

#8B187E #448B18 #188B5F

monochromatic

#23061F #570F4F #8B187E #BF21AD #DE3FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8B187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B187E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B187E	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92264B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.182 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8b187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b187e;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.783,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44885,
    "c": 0.1825,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B187E

secondary

#40BE4F

accent

#ED4F3A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B187E

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

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