#8B197B#8B197B

#8B197B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.179 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B197B
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.17, 55.66, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.17, 62.23, 333.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.1625 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.179 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5704, 7.6156, 19.4376)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B197B #198B29

analogous

#62198B #8B197B #8B1942

triadic

#8B197B #7B8B19 #197B8B

tetradic

#8B197B #8B6219 #198B29 #19428B

square

#8B197B #8B6219 #198B29 #19428B

split-complementary

#8B197B #428B19 #198B62

monochromatic

#23061F #57104D #8B197B #BF22A9 #DD41C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8B197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B197B

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B197B	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.179 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8b197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b197b;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.421,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44779,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B197B

secondary

#42BE53

accent

#EC543B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B197B

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

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