#8C1979#8C1979

#8C1979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.179 H 336.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1979
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(310, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(310, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 55.59, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 61.56, 334.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.1634 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.179 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6143, 7.6526, 18.7929)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1979 #198C2C

analogous

#66198C #8C1979 #8C1940

triadic

#8C1979 #798C19 #19798C

tetradic

#8C1979 #8C6619 #198C2C #19408C

square

#8C1979 #8C6619 #198C2C #19408C

split-complementary

#8C1979 #408C19 #198C66

monochromatic

#24061F #58104C #8C1979 #C022A6 #DD42C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8C1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1979

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1979	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B437B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.179 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a0',
    500: '#8c1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1979;
$custom-light: #b165a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44836,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1979

secondary

#43BE57

accent

#ED593B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1979

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

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