#8C1487#8C1487

#8C1487 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.193 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1487
RGB	rgb(140, 20, 135)
HSL	hsl(303, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(303, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.7%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 58.94, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 68.35, 329.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% 0.1671 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.193 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4385, 7.8263, 23.6145)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1487 #148C19

analogous

#55148C #8C1487 #8C144B

triadic

#8C1487 #878C14 #14878C

tetradic

#8C1487 #8C5514 #148C19 #144B8C

square

#8C1487 #8C5514 #148C19 #144B8C

split-complementary

#8C1487 #4B8C14 #148C55

monochromatic

#210520 #560C53 #8C1487 #C21CBB #E338DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8C1487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8C1487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1487

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1487	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 20, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.193 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b265aa',
    500: '#8c1487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1487;
$custom-light: #b265aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45353,
    "c": 0.19261,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1487

secondary

#3CC041

accent

#F23E36

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1487

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

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