#8C249A#8C249A

#8C249A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.193 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C249A
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, 57.76, -41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 71.40, 323.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1537 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.193 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2782, 9.1713, 31.4257)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C249A #329A24

analogous

#51249A #8C249A #9A246D

triadic

#8C249A #9A8C24 #249A8C

tetradic

#8C249A #9A5124 #329A24 #246D9A

square

#8C249A #9A5124 #329A24 #246D9A

split-complementary

#8C249A #6D9A24 #249A51

monochromatic

#320D37 #5F1868 #8C249A #B930CC #CB5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#8C249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8C249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C249A

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C249A	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.193 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bb8',
    500: '#8c249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c249a;
$custom-light: #b16bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.881,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47639,
    "c": 0.19334,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C249A

secondary

#67BF5B

accent

#E54356

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C249A

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

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