#8C197E#8C197E

#8C197E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.182 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C197E
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 56.34, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 63.44, 332.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.12% 0.1636 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(45.12% 0.182 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9289, 7.7784, 20.4497)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C197E #198C27

analogous

#60198C #8C197E #8C1945

triadic

#8C197E #7E8C19 #197E8C

tetradic

#8C197E #8C6019 #198C27 #19458C

square

#8C197E #8C6019 #198C27 #19458C

split-complementary

#8C197E #458C19 #198C60

monochromatic

#240621 #58104F #8C197E #C022AD #DD42CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8C197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8C197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C197E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C197E	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44557B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.182 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166a4',
    500: '#8c197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c197e;
$custom-light: #b166a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.304,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45115,
    "c": 0.18215,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C197E

secondary

#43BE52

accent

#ED513B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C197E

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

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