#8C188D#8C188D

#8C188D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.194 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C188D
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 83%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, 58.98, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 69.75, 327.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% 0.1642 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.194 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9494, 8.1530, 25.9278)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C188D #198D18

analogous

#51188D #8C188D #8D1854

triadic

#8C188D #8D8C18 #188D8C

tetradic

#8C188D #8D5118 #198D18 #18548D

square

#8C188D #8D5118 #198D18 #18548D

split-complementary

#8C188D #548D18 #188D51

monochromatic

#240624 #580F59 #8C188D #C021C1 #DD41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#8C188D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8C188D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C188D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C188D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C188D	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c188d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.194 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166af',
    500: '#8c188d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c188d;
$custom-light: #b166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c188d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.487,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45952,
    "c": 0.19405,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C188D

secondary

#43BF42

accent

#EE3A3C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C188D

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

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