#8C15CA#8C15CA

#8C15CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.244 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C15CA
RGB	rgb(140, 21, 202)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(279, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 89.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, 70.83, -66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 97.46, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1531 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.244 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7418, 10.3764, 56.7232)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C15CA #53CA15

analogous

#3215CA #8C15CA #CA15AD

triadic

#8C15CA #CA8C15 #15CA8C

tetradic

#8C15CA #CA3215 #53CA15 #15ADCA

square

#8C15CA #CA3215 #53CA15 #15ADCA

split-complementary

#8C15CA #ADCA15 #15CA32

monochromatic

#3F095B #660F93 #8C15CA #AB32EA #C26AEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#8C15CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8C15CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C15CA

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C15CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C15CA	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#824D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c15ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 21, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.244 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b469db',
    500: '#8c15ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c15ca;
$custom-light: #b469db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c15ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.448,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5028,
    "c": 0.24439,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C15CA

secondary

#8CD566

accent

#F83075

background

#FBF6FD

surface

#F6ECFB

border

#D0C7D4

text

#120715

muted

#817A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C15CA

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

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