#8C249D#8C249D

#8C249D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.196 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C249D
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 58.31, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 72.74, 323.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.1534 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.196 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5312, 9.2725, 32.7581)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C249D #359D24

analogous

#4F249D #8C249D #9D2472

triadic

#8C249D #9D8C24 #249D8C

tetradic

#8C249D #9D4F24 #359D24 #24729D

square

#8C249D #9D4F24 #359D24 #24729D

split-complementary

#8C249D #729D24 #249D4F

monochromatic

#330D39 #60196B #8C249D #B82FCF #CA61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8C249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8C249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C249D

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C249D	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.196 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8c249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c249d;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.57,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47837,
    "c": 0.19585,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C249D

secondary

#6BC05D

accent

#E64259

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C249D

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

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