#8C197D#8C197D

#8C197D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.181 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C197D
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 56.19, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 63.06, 333.01°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.1636 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.181 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8647, 7.7527, 20.1116)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C197D #198C28

analogous

#62198C #8C197D #8C1944

triadic

#8C197D #7D8C19 #197D8C

tetradic

#8C197D #8C6219 #198C28 #19448C

square

#8C197D #8C6219 #198C28 #19448C

split-complementary

#8C197D #448C19 #198C62

monochromatic

#240620 #58104F #8C197D #C022AB #DD42C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8C197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8C197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C197D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C197D	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.181 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166a3',
    500: '#8c197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c197d;
$custom-light: #b166a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45058,
    "c": 0.18143,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C197D

secondary

#43BE53

accent

#ED523B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C197D

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

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