#8C157E#8C157E

#8C157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.185 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C157E
RGB	rgb(140, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 57.32, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 64.56, 332.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.1665 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.185 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8494, 7.6195, 20.4233)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C157E #158C23

analogous

#5F158C #8C157E #8C1543

triadic

#8C157E #7E8C15 #157E8C

tetradic

#8C157E #8C5F15 #158C23 #15438C

square

#8C157E #8C5F15 #158C23 #15438C

split-complementary

#8C157E #438C15 #158C5F

monochromatic

#22051E #570D4E #8C157E #C11DAE #E13ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8C157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C157E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C157E	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93234B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.185 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a4',
    500: '#8c157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c157e;
$custom-light: #b164a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.059,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44873,
    "c": 0.18542,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C157E

secondary

#3DC04C

accent

#F14D37

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C157E

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

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