#8C287C#8C287C

#8C287C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.165 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C287C
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 124)
HSL	hsl(310, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 11.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 51.20, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 57.16, 333.60°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.1493 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.165 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2123, 8.5496, 19.9139)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C287C #288C38

analogous

#6A288C #8C287C #8C284A

triadic

#8C287C #7C8C28 #287C8C

tetradic

#8C287C #8C6A28 #288C38 #284A8C

square

#8C287C #8C6A28 #288C38 #284A8C

split-complementary

#8C287C #4A8C28 #288C6A

monochromatic

#2D0D28 #5C1A52 #8C287C #BC36A6 #D15EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8C287C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8C287C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C287C

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C287C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C287C	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28497E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A587A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c287c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.165 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ba2',
    500: '#8c287c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c287c;
$custom-light: #b16ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c287c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46221,
    "c": 0.16459,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C287C

secondary

#5AB668

accent

#DF6149

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C287C

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

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