#8B197A#8B197A

#8B197A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.179 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B197A
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 55.51, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 61.86, 333.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.1624 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.179 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5082, 7.5907, 19.1096)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B197A #198B2A

analogous

#63198B #8B197A #8B1941

triadic

#8B197A #7A8B19 #197A8B

tetradic

#8B197A #8B6319 #198B2A #19418B

square

#8B197A #8B6319 #198B2A #19418B

split-complementary

#8B197A #418B19 #198B63

monochromatic

#23061F #57104C #8B197A #BF22A8 #DD41C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B197A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B197A	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19437C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.179 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8b197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b197a;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.947,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44723,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B197A

secondary

#42BE54

accent

#EC563B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B197A

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

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