#8C198E#8C198E

#8C198E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.194 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C198E
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(299, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.45, 58.89, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.45, 69.88, 327.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% 0.1634 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.194 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0451, 8.2249, 26.3284)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C198E #1B8E19

analogous

#51198E #8C198E #8E1956

triadic

#8C198E #8E8C19 #198E8C

tetradic

#8C198E #8E5119 #1B8E19 #19568E

square

#8C198E #8E5119 #1B8E19 #19568E

split-complementary

#8C198E #568E19 #198E51

monochromatic

#250726 #59105A #8C198E #BF22C2 #DB43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8C198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8C198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C198E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C198E	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B568B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.194 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166af',
    500: '#8c198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c198e;
$custom-light: #b166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.974,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46076,
    "c": 0.194,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C198E

secondary

#46BF44

accent

#ED3B3E

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C198E

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