#8C18B4#8C18B4

#8C18B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.225 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C18B4
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 180)
HSL	hsl(285, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(285, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 86.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 65.94, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 86.84, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.158 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.225 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3787, 9.5247, 43.9888)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C18B4 #40B418

analogous

#3E18B4 #8C18B4 #B4188E

triadic

#8C18B4 #B48C18 #18B48C

tetradic

#8C18B4 #B43E18 #40B418 #188EB4

square

#8C18B4 #B43E18 #40B418 #188EB4

split-complementary

#8C18B4 #8EB418 #18B43E

monochromatic

#380A48 #62117E #8C18B4 #B227E2 #C55DE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#8C18B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8C18B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C18B4

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C18B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C18B4	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c18b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.225 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b368cb',
    500: '#8c18b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c18b4;
$custom-light: #b368cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c18b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48677,
    "c": 0.22476,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C18B4

secondary

#78CD5B

accent

#F33566

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C18B4

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

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