#8C2B8A#8C2B8A

#8C2B8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.172 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2B8A
RGB	rgb(140, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.25, 52.38, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.25, 61.54, 328.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.147 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.172 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2664, 9.1393, 24.9472)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2B8A #2B8C2D

analogous

#5D2B8C #8C2B8A #8C2B59

triadic

#8C2B8A #8A8C2B #2B8A8C

tetradic

#8C2B8A #8C5D2B #2B8C2D #2B598C

square

#8C2B8A #8C5D2B #2B8C2D #2B598C

split-complementary

#8C2B8A #598C2B #2B8C5D

monochromatic

#2E0E2E #5D1D5C #8C2B8A #BB39B8 #CF62CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#8C2B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8C2B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2B8A

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2B8A	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.172 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dac',
    500: '#8c2b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2b8a;
$custom-light: #b16dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.237,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47291,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2B8A

secondary

#5EB560

accent

#DC4E4B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2B8A

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

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