#8C188E#8C188E

#8C188E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.195 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C188E
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(299, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.36, 59.14, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.36, 70.17, 327.44°)
OKLab	oklab(46.02% 0.1641 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(46.02% 0.195 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0241, 8.1829, 26.3214)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C188E #1A8E18

analogous

#51188E #8C188E #8E1855

triadic

#8C188E #8E8C18 #188E8C

tetradic

#8C188E #8E5118 #1A8E18 #18558E

square

#8C188E #8E5118 #1A8E18 #18558E

split-complementary

#8C188E #558E18 #188E51

monochromatic

#250625 #580F5A #8C188E #C021C2 #DC41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8C188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8C188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C188E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C188E	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A568B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.195 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166af',
    500: '#8c188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c188e;
$custom-light: #b166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.983,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46015,
    "c": 0.1948,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C188E

secondary

#44C042

accent

#EE3A3D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C188E

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

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