#8C157A#8C157A

#8C157A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.183 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C157A
RGB	rgb(140, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85%, 12.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 56.73, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 63.05, 334.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.1664 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.183 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5965, 7.5183, 19.0910)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C157A #158C27

analogous

#63158C #8C157A #8C153F

triadic

#8C157A #7A8C15 #157A8C

tetradic

#8C157A #8C6315 #158C27 #153F8C

square

#8C157A #8C6315 #158C27 #153F8C

split-complementary

#8C157A #3F8C15 #158C63

monochromatic

#22051D #570D4C #8C157A #C11DA8 #E13AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8C157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8C157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C157A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C157A	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16427D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.183 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a1',
    500: '#8c157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c157a;
$custom-light: #b164a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.076,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44646,
    "c": 0.18263,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C157A

secondary

#3DC051

accent

#F15337

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C157A

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

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