#8C199E#8C199E

#8C199E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.206 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C199E
RGB	rgb(140, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(292, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(292, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, 61.65, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 76.77, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.1617 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.206 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3337, 8.7403, 33.1152)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C199E #2B9E19

analogous

#49199E #8C199E #9E196D

triadic

#8C199E #9E8C19 #199E8C

tetradic

#8C199E #9E4919 #2B9E19 #196D9E

square

#8C199E #9E4919 #2B9E19 #196D9E

split-complementary

#8C199E #6D9E19 #199E49

monochromatic

#2E0834 #5D1169 #8C199E #BB21D3 #CF4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#8C199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8C199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C199E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C199E	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D579B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D385E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.206 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b267bb',
    500: '#8c199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c199e;
$custom-light: #b267bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.88,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47135,
    "c": 0.20643,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C199E

secondary

#5EC54E

accent

#EF3851

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C199E

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

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