#8B188E#8B188E
#8B188E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.194 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8B188E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 24, 142) |
| HSL | hsl(298, 71%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(298, 83%, 56%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(34.18, 58.94, -38.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(34.18, 70.16, 327.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(45.86% 0.163 -0.1058) |
| OKLCH | oklch(45.86% 0.194 327) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.8563, 8.0964, 26.3136) |
| Luminance | 0.0809 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Darkmagenta
#8B008B
ΔE00 1.62
Purple
#800080
ΔE00 3.54
Barney Purple
#A00498
ΔE00 3.72
Warm Purple
#952E8F
ΔE00 4.19
Purple (survey)
#7E1E9C
ΔE00 4.22
Darkish Purple
#751973
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8B188E #1B8E18
analogous
#50188E #8B188E #8E1856
triadic
#8B188E #8E8B18 #188E8B
tetradic
#8B188E #8E5018 #1B8E18 #18568E
square
#8B188E #8E5018 #1B8E18 #18568E
split-complementary
#8B188E #568E18 #188E50
monochromatic
#250625 #580F5A #8B188E #BE21C2 #DB41DF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.02
#8B188E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.62
#8B188E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8B188E
8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8B188E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8B188E | 1.00 | 8.02 | 2.62 | 8.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#004791
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#39558B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8F2F54
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8b188e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 142); /* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.194 327.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b166af',
500: '#8b188e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8b188e; $custom-light: #b166af; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8b188e",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 24,
"b": 142
},
"hsl": {
"h": 298.475,
"s": 71.084,
"l": 32.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.45855,
"c": 0.19436,
"h": 327
},
"luminance": 0.08095
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8B188E
secondary
#45C042
accent
#EE3A3F
background
#FBF6FA
surface
#F6EBF5
border
#D0C6CF
text
#110710
muted
#807A7F