#8B197E#8B197E

#8B197E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.182 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B197E
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 56.12, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 63.38, 332.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.1626 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.182 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7611, 7.6919, 20.4419)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B197E #198B26

analogous

#5F198B #8B197E #8B1945

triadic

#8B197E #7E8B19 #197E8B

tetradic

#8B197E #8B5F19 #198B26 #19458B

square

#8B197E #8B5F19 #198B26 #19458B

split-complementary

#8B197E #458B19 #198B5F

monochromatic

#230620 #57104F #8B197E #BF22AD #DD41CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8B197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B197E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B197E	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.182 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8b197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b197e;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.842,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44949,
    "c": 0.18163,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B197E

secondary

#42BE50

accent

#EC503B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B197E

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

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