#8B188A#8B188A

#8B188A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.191 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B188A
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.94, 58.28, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.94, 68.49, 328.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.1633 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.191 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5614, 7.9784, 24.7602)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B188A #188B19

analogous

#53188B #8B188A #8B1851

triadic

#8B188A #8A8B18 #188A8B

tetradic

#8B188A #8B5318 #188B19 #18518B

square

#8B188A #8B5318 #188B19 #18518B

split-complementary

#8B188A #518B18 #188B53

monochromatic

#230622 #570F56 #8B188A #BF21BE #DE3FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#8B188A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B188A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B188A

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B188A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B188A	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b188a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.191 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166ad',
    500: '#8b188a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b188a;
$custom-light: #b166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b188a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.522,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45603,
    "c": 0.19133,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B188A

secondary

#40BE42

accent

#ED3C3A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B188A

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

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