#8C249B#8C249B

#8C249B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.194 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C249B
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(292, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.38, 57.94, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.38, 71.85, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.1536 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.194 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3619, 9.2048, 31.8662)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C249B #339B24

analogous

#51249B #8C249B #9B246F

triadic

#8C249B #9B8C24 #249B8C

tetradic

#8C249B #9B5124 #339B24 #246F9B

square

#8C249B #9B5124 #339B24 #246F9B

split-complementary

#8C249B #6F9B24 #249B51

monochromatic

#320D38 #5F1869 #8C249B #B930CD #CB5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#8C249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8C249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C249B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C249B	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.194 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bb9',
    500: '#8c249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c249b;
$custom-light: #b16bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.437,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47705,
    "c": 0.19418,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C249B

secondary

#68BF5C

accent

#E54257

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C249B

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

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