#8C1589#8C1589

#8C1589 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.193 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1589
RGB	rgb(140, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(302, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(302, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85%, 2.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 59.03, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 68.91, 328.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% 0.1664 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.193 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5986, 7.9192, 24.3691)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1589 #158C18

analogous

#54158C #8C1589 #8C154E

triadic

#8C1589 #898C15 #15898C

tetradic

#8C1589 #8C5415 #158C18 #154E8C

square

#8C1589 #8C5415 #158C18 #154E8C

split-complementary

#8C1589 #4E8C15 #158C54

monochromatic

#220521 #570D55 #8C1589 #C11DBD #E13ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8C1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8C1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1589

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1589	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.193 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b265ac',
    500: '#8c1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1589;
$custom-light: #b265ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.513,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4553,
    "c": 0.19336,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1589

secondary

#3DC040

accent

#F13C37

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1589

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

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