#8B187F#8B187F

#8B187F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.183 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B187F
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 127)
HSL	hsl(306, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(306, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 56.53, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 64.07, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.1634 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.183 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8050, 7.6758, 20.7764)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B187F #188B24

analogous

#5E188B #8B187F #8B1846

triadic

#8B187F #7F8B18 #187F8B

tetradic

#8B187F #8B5E18 #188B24 #18468B

square

#8B187F #8B5E18 #188B24 #18468B

split-complementary

#8B187F #468B18 #188B5E

monochromatic

#230620 #570F4F #8B187F #BF21AF #DE3FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8B187F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B187F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B187F

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B187F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B187F	1.00	8.28	2.53	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b187f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.183 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8b187f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b187f;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b187f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.261,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44942,
    "c": 0.18321,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B187F

secondary

#40BE4E

accent

#ED4D3A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B187F

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

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