#8C187B#8C187B

#8C187B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.181 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C187B
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 12.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 56.14, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 62.59, 333.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1643 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.181 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7172, 7.6602, 19.4385)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C187B #188C29

analogous

#63188C #8C187B #8C1841

triadic

#8C187B #7B8C18 #187B8C

tetradic

#8C187B #8C6318 #188C29 #18418C

square

#8C187B #8C6318 #188C29 #18418C

split-complementary

#8C187B #418C18 #188C63

monochromatic

#24061F #580F4D #8C187B #C021A9 #DE40C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8C187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C187B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C187B	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93234A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.181 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8c187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c187b;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.793,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44882,
    "c": 0.18089,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C187B

secondary

#41BF53

accent

#ED553A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C187B

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

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