#8C259F#8C259F

#8C259F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.197 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C259F
RGB	rgb(140, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 58.35, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 73.26, 322.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.1523 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.197 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7341, 9.4027, 33.6750)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C259F #389F25

analogous

#4F259F #8C259F #9F2575

triadic

#8C259F #9F8C25 #259F8C

tetradic

#8C259F #9F4F25 #389F25 #25759F

square

#8C259F #9F4F25 #389F25 #25759F

split-complementary

#8C259F #759F25 #259F4F

monochromatic

#350E3C #60196D #8C259F #B732CF #C864DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8C259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8C259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C259F

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C259F	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.197 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bbc',
    500: '#8c259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c259f;
$custom-light: #b16bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.656,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48052,
    "c": 0.19651,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C259F

secondary

#6FC05F

accent

#E5425C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C259F

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

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