#8C2182#8C2182

#8C2182 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.177 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2182
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(306, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 7.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.55, 54.62, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.55, 62.33, 331.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.93% 0.1569 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(45.93% 0.177 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3884, 8.2761, 21.9018)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2182 #218C2B

analogous

#61218C #8C2182 #8C214D

triadic

#8C2182 #828C21 #21828C

tetradic

#8C2182 #8C6121 #218C2B #214D8C

square

#8C2182 #8C6121 #218C2B #214D8C

split-complementary

#8C2182 #4D8C21 #218C61

monochromatic

#290A26 #5A1554 #8C2182 #BE2DB0 #D651CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#8C2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8C2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2182

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2182	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44577F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.177 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169a6',
    500: '#8c2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2182;
$custom-light: #b169a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.607,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45926,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2182

secondary

#4FB959

accent

#E55243

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2182

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

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