#8B197F#8B197F

#8B197F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.182 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B197F
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(306, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(306, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 56.27, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 63.77, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% 0.1626 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.182 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8260, 7.7178, 20.7834)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B197F #198B25

analogous

#5E198B #8B197F #8B1946

triadic

#8B197F #7F8B19 #197F8B

tetradic

#8B197F #8B5E19 #198B25 #19468B

square

#8B197F #8B5E19 #198B25 #19468B

split-complementary

#8B197F #468B19 #198B5E

monochromatic

#230620 #571050 #8B197F #BF22AE #DD41CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8B197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B197F

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B197F	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92274C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.182 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8b197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b197f;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45006,
    "c": 0.18235,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B197F

secondary

#42BE4F

accent

#EC4E3B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B197F

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

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