#8C2C8A#8C2C8A

#8C2C8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.171 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2C8A
RGB	rgb(140, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 51.99, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 61.08, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.39% 0.1458 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(47.39% 0.171 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3032, 9.2129, 24.9594)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2C8A #2C8C2E

analogous

#5E2C8C #8C2C8A #8C2C5A

triadic

#8C2C8A #8A8C2C #2C8A8C

tetradic

#8C2C8A #8C5E2C #2C8C2E #2C5A8C

square

#8C2C8A #8C5E2C #2C8C2E #2C5A8C

split-complementary

#8C2C8A #5A8C2C #2C8C5E

monochromatic

#2F0F2E #5D1D5C #8C2C8A #BB3BB8 #CE64CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#8C2C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8C2C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2C8A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2C8A	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.171 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16eac',
    500: '#8c2c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2c8a;
$custom-light: #b16eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.25,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47392,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2C8A

secondary

#5FB561

accent

#DC4F4C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2C8A

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

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