#8B197C#8B197C

#8B197C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.180 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B197C
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 55.81, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 62.61, 333.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.1625 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.18 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6334, 7.6408, 19.7690)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B197C #198B28

analogous

#61198B #8B197C #8B1943

triadic

#8B197C #7C8B19 #197C8B

tetradic

#8B197C #8B6119 #198B28 #19438B

square

#8B197C #8B6119 #198B28 #19438B

split-complementary

#8B197C #438B19 #198B61

monochromatic

#23061F #57104E #8B197C #BF22AA #DD41C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8B197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B197C

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B197C	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92254A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.180 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a2',
    500: '#8b197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b197c;
$custom-light: #b165a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.895,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44835,
    "c": 0.1802,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B197C

secondary

#42BE52

accent

#EC533B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B197C

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

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