#8C187C#8C187C

#8C187C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.182 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C187C
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 11.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 56.29, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 62.97, 333.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.1643 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.182 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7801, 7.6853, 19.7699)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C187C #188C28

analogous

#62188C #8C187C #8C1842

triadic

#8C187C #7C8C18 #187C8C

tetradic

#8C187C #8C6218 #188C28 #18428C

square

#8C187C #8C6218 #188C28 #18428C

split-complementary

#8C187C #428C18 #188C62

monochromatic

#24061F #580F4E #8C187C #C021AA #DE40C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8C187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8C187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C187C

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C187C	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.182 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a2',
    500: '#8c187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c187c;
$custom-light: #b165a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.276,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44938,
    "c": 0.18159,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C187C

secondary

#41BF52

accent

#ED533A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C187C

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

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