#8B198E#8B198E

#8B198E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.194 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B198E
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(298, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.27, 58.69, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.27, 69.87, 327.14°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% 0.1623 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.194 327)
XYZ	xyz(15.8773, 8.1384, 26.3206)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B198E #1C8E19

analogous

#51198E #8B198E #8E1956

triadic

#8B198E #8E8B19 #198E8B

tetradic

#8B198E #8E5119 #1C8E19 #19568E

square

#8B198E #8E5119 #1C8E19 #19568E

split-complementary

#8B198E #568E19 #198E51

monochromatic

#250726 #58105A #8B198E #BE22C2 #DA43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#8B198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8B198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B198E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B198E	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39558B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.194 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166af',
    500: '#8b198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b198e;
$custom-light: #b166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.462,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45917,
    "c": 0.19356,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.08137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B198E

secondary

#47BF44

accent

#ED3B40

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B198E

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

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