#8C2181#8C2181

#8C2181 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.177 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2181
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(306, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 7.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.50, 54.46, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.50, 61.93, 331.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.1569 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.177 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3216, 8.2494, 21.5500)
Luminance	0.0825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2181 #218C2C

analogous

#62218C #8C2181 #8C214C

triadic

#8C2181 #818C21 #21818C

tetradic

#8C2181 #8C6221 #218C2C #214C8C

square

#8C2181 #8C6221 #218C2C #214C8C

split-complementary

#8C2181 #4C8C21 #218C62

monochromatic

#290A26 #5A1553 #8C2181 #BE2DAF #D651C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#8C2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8C2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2181

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2181	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45567E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.177 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169a6',
    500: '#8c2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2181;
$custom-light: #b169a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.168,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4587,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2181

secondary

#4FB95A

accent

#E55443

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2181

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

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