#8C197B#8C197B

#8C197B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.180 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C197B
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 12.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 55.88, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 62.30, 333.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.1635 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.18 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7382, 7.7021, 19.4455)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C197B #198C2A

analogous

#64198C #8C197B #8C1941

triadic

#8C197B #7B8C19 #197B8C

tetradic

#8C197B #8C6419 #198C2A #19418C

square

#8C197B #8C6419 #198C2A #19418C

split-complementary

#8C197B #418C19 #198C64

monochromatic

#240620 #58104D #8C197B #C022A9 #DD42C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8C197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8C197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C197B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C197B	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19447E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.180 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8c197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c197b;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.87,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44946,
    "c": 0.18002,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C197B

secondary

#43BE55

accent

#ED553B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C197B

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

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