#8C187A#8C187A

#8C187A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.180 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C187A
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 12.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 56.00, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 62.22, 334.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.1642 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.18 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6549, 7.6352, 19.1105)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C187A #188C2A

analogous

#64188C #8C187A #8C1840

triadic

#8C187A #7A8C18 #187A8C

tetradic

#8C187A #8C6418 #188C2A #18408C

square

#8C187A #8C6418 #188C2A #18408C

split-complementary

#8C187A #408C18 #188C64

monochromatic

#24061F #580F4C #8C187A #C021A8 #DE40C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8C187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C187A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C187A	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19437C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.180 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8c187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c187a;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.31,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44826,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C187A

secondary

#41BF54

accent

#ED563A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C187A

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

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