#8B197D#8B197D

#8B197D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.181 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B197D
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(307, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 55.96, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 63.00, 332.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.1626 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.181 334)
XYZ	xyz(14.6969, 7.6662, 20.1038)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B197D #198B27

analogous

#60198B #8B197D #8B1944

triadic

#8B197D #7D8B19 #197D8B

tetradic

#8B197D #8B6019 #198B27 #19448B

square

#8B197D #8B6019 #198B27 #19448B

split-complementary

#8B197D #448B19 #198B60

monochromatic

#230620 #57104E #8B197D #BF22AC #DD41CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8B197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B197D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B197D	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92264B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.181 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a3',
    500: '#8b197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b197d;
$custom-light: #b165a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.368,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44892,
    "c": 0.18092,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.07665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B197D

secondary

#42BE51

accent

#EC513B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B197D

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

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