#8C137B#8C137B

#8C137B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.185 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C137B
RGB	rgb(140, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(308, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(308, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.4%, 12.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 57.32, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 63.93, 333.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% 0.1678 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.185 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6235, 7.4726, 19.4073)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C137B #138C24

analogous

#60138C #8C137B #8C133E

triadic

#8C137B #7B8C13 #137B8C

tetradic

#8C137B #8C6013 #138C24 #133E8C

square

#8C137B #8C6013 #138C24 #133E8C

split-complementary

#8C137B #3E8C13 #138C60

monochromatic

#20041C #560C4C #8C137B #C21AAA #E436CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8C137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8C137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C137B

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C137B	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12427E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.185 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b264a1',
    500: '#8c137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c137b;
$custom-light: #b264a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.43,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44592,
    "c": 0.18481,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C137B

secondary

#3BC04D

accent

#F35035

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C137B

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

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