#8C157C#8C157C

#8C157C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.184 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C157C
RGB	rgb(140, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85%, 11.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 57.02, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 63.80, 333.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% 0.1665 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.184 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7217, 7.5684, 19.7504)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C157C #158C25

analogous

#61158C #8C157C #8C1541

triadic

#8C157C #7C8C15 #157C8C

tetradic

#8C157C #8C6115 #158C25 #15418C

square

#8C157C #8C6115 #158C25 #15418C

split-complementary

#8C157C #418C15 #158C61

monochromatic

#22051E #570D4D #8C157C #C11DAB #E13ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8C157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8C157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C157C

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C157C	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93224A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.184 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a2',
    500: '#8c157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c157c;
$custom-light: #b164a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.067,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44758,
    "c": 0.18402,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C157C

secondary

#3DC04F

accent

#F15037

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C157C

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

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