#8C157F#8C157F

#8C157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.186 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C157F
RGB	rgb(140, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(307, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85%, 9.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 57.47, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 64.94, 332.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.1666 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.186 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9143, 7.6454, 20.7648)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C157F #158C22

analogous

#5E158C #8C157F #8C1544

triadic

#8C157F #7F8C15 #157F8C

tetradic

#8C157F #8C5E15 #158C22 #15448C

square

#8C157F #8C5E15 #158C22 #15448C

split-complementary

#8C157F #448C15 #158C5E

monochromatic

#22051E #570D4F #8C157F #C11DAF #E13ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8C157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C157F

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C157F	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.186 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a4',
    500: '#8c157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c157f;
$custom-light: #b164a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.555,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4493,
    "c": 0.18613,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C157F

secondary

#3DC04B

accent

#F14B37

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C157F

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

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