#8C187E#8C187E

#8C187E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.183 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C187E
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.43, 56.60, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.43, 63.73, 332.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% 0.1644 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.183 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9079, 7.7364, 20.4428)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C187E #188C26

analogous

#60188C #8C187E #8C1844

triadic

#8C187E #7E8C18 #187E8C

tetradic

#8C187E #8C6018 #188C26 #18448C

square

#8C187E #8C6018 #188C26 #18448C

split-complementary

#8C187E #448C18 #188C60

monochromatic

#240620 #580F4F #8C187E #C021AD #DE40CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8C187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8C187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C187E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C187E	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.183 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8c187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c187e;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.241,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45051,
    "c": 0.18301,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C187E

secondary

#41BF50

accent

#ED503A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C187E

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

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