#8B198A#8B198A

#8B198A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.191 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B198A
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 58.03, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 68.20, 328.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% 0.1625 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.191 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5824, 8.0204, 24.7672)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B198A #198B1A

analogous

#53198B #8B198A #8B1951

triadic

#8B198A #8A8B19 #198A8B

tetradic

#8B198A #8B5319 #198B1A #19518B

square

#8B198A #8B5319 #198B1A #19518B

split-complementary

#8B198A #518B19 #198B53

monochromatic

#230623 #571057 #8B198A #BF22BD #DD41DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8B198A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B198A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B198A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B198A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B198A	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b198a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.191 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166ad',
    500: '#8b198a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b198a;
$custom-light: #b166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b198a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.526,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45665,
    "c": 0.19051,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B198A

secondary

#42BE43

accent

#EC3D3B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B198A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →