#8C2B97#8C2B97

#8C2B97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.183 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2B97
RGB	rgb(140, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 54.71, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 67.22, 324.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.147 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.183 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2645, 9.5386, 30.2039)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2B97 #36972B

analogous

#562B97 #8C2B97 #972B6C

triadic

#8C2B97 #978C2B #2B978C

tetradic

#8C2B97 #97562B #36972B #2B6C97

square

#8C2B97 #97562B #36972B #2B6C97

split-complementary

#8C2B97 #6C972B #2B9756

monochromatic

#341038 #601D67 #8C2B97 #B839C7 #C968D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8C2B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8C2B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2B97

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2B97	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.183 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16eb6',
    500: '#8c2b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2b97;
$custom-light: #b16eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.889,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48071,
    "c": 0.18294,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2B97

secondary

#6CBB63

accent

#DF4958

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2B97

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

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