#8B198D#8B198D

#8B198D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.193 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B198D
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(299, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.21, 58.52, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.21, 69.45, 327.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.1624 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.193 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8026, 8.1085, 25.9269)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B198D #1B8D19

analogous

#51198D #8B198D #8D1955

triadic

#8B198D #8D8B19 #198D8B

tetradic

#8B198D #8D5119 #1B8D19 #19558D

square

#8B198D #8D5119 #1B8D19 #19558D

split-complementary

#8B198D #558D19 #198D51

monochromatic

#250725 #581059 #8B198D #BE22C1 #DB43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8B198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B198D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B198D	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A558A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.193 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166af',
    500: '#8b198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b198d;
$custom-light: #b166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.966,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45853,
    "c": 0.1928,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B198D

secondary

#45BF43

accent

#ED3B3E

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B198D

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

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