#8C137E#8C137E

#8C137E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.187 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C137E
RGB	rgb(140, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(307, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.4%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 57.77, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 65.06, 332.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% 0.1678 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.187 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8141, 7.5489, 20.4115)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C137E #138C21

analogous

#5D138C #8C137E #8C1341

triadic

#8C137E #7E8C13 #137E8C

tetradic

#8C137E #8C5D13 #138C21 #13418C

square

#8C137E #8C5D13 #138C21 #13418C

split-complementary

#8C137E #418C13 #138C5D

monochromatic

#20041D #560C4E #8C137E #C21AAE #E436D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8C137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8C137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C137E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C137E	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93224A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.187 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b264a4',
    500: '#8c137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c137e;
$custom-light: #b264a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.942,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44764,
    "c": 0.1869,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C137E

secondary

#3BC04A

accent

#F34B35

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C137E

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

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