#8C187D#8C187D

#8C187D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.182 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C187D
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 56.45, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 63.35, 333.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.1644 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.182 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8437, 7.7107, 20.1046)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C187D #188C27

analogous

#61188C #8C187D #8C1843

triadic

#8C187D #7D8C18 #187D8C

tetradic

#8C187D #8C6118 #188C27 #18438C

square

#8C187D #8C6118 #188C27 #18438C

split-complementary

#8C187D #438C18 #188C61

monochromatic

#240620 #580F4E #8C187D #C021AC #DE40CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8C187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8C187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C187D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C187D	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.182 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a3',
    500: '#8c187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c187d;
$custom-light: #b165a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.759,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44994,
    "c": 0.1823,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C187D

secondary

#41BF51

accent

#ED513A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C187D

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

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