#8C168E#8C168E

#8C168E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.196 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C168E
RGB	rgb(140, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, 59.62, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 70.71, 327.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% 0.1655 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.196 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9844, 8.1035, 26.3082)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C168E #188E16

analogous

#50168E #8C168E #8E1654

triadic

#8C168E #8E8C16 #168E8C

tetradic

#8C168E #8E5016 #188E16 #16548E

square

#8C168E #8E5016 #188E16 #16548E

split-complementary

#8C168E #548E16 #168E50

monochromatic

#240624 #580E59 #8C168E #C01EC3 #DE3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8C168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8C168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C168E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C168E	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39558B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.196 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b265af',
    500: '#8c168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c168e;
$custom-light: #b265af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.459,
    "c": 0.19633,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C168E

secondary

#41C13F

accent

#F0383B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C168E

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

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