#8C249C#8C249C

#8C249C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.195 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C249C
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 58.12, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 72.29, 323.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1535 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.195 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4462, 9.2385, 32.3103)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C249C #349C24

analogous

#50249C #8C249C #9C2470

triadic

#8C249C #9C8C24 #249C8C

tetradic

#8C249C #9C5024 #349C24 #24709C

square

#8C249C #9C5024 #349C24 #24709C

split-complementary

#8C249C #709C24 #249C50

monochromatic

#330D39 #5F196A #8C249C #B92FCE #CA60DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8C249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8C249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C249C

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C249C	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.195 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8c249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c249c;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47771,
    "c": 0.19501,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C249C

secondary

#6ABF5C

accent

#E64258

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C249C

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

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