#8C2C8B#8C2C8B

#8C2C8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.171 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2C8B
RGB	rgb(140, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 52.16, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 61.51, 328.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.1459 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.171 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3759, 9.2420, 25.3425)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2C8B #2C8C2D

analogous

#5D2C8C #8C2C8B #8C2C5B

triadic

#8C2C8B #8B8C2C #2C8B8C

tetradic

#8C2C8B #8C5D2C #2C8C2D #2C5B8C

square

#8C2C8B #8C5D2C #2C8C2D #2C5B8C

split-complementary

#8C2C8B #5B8C2C #2C8C5D

monochromatic

#2F0F2F #5D1D5D #8C2C8B #BB3BB9 #CE64CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8C2C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8C2C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2C8B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2C8B	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.171 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ead',
    500: '#8c2c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2c8b;
$custom-light: #b16ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.625,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47449,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2C8B

secondary

#5FB560

accent

#DC4E4C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2C8B

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

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