#8C2C8E#8C2C8E

#8C2C8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.174 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2C8E
RGB	rgb(140, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 52.69, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 62.81, 327.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.146 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.174 327)
XYZ	xyz(16.5981, 9.3309, 26.5128)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2C8E #2E8E2C

analogous

#5B2C8E #8C2C8E #8E2C5F

triadic

#8C2C8E #8E8C2C #2C8E8C

tetradic

#8C2C8E #8E5B2C #2E8E2C #2C5F8E

square

#8C2C8E #8E5B2C #2E8E2C #2C5F8E

split-complementary

#8C2C8E #5F8E2C #2C8E5B

monochromatic

#300F31 #5E1E5F #8C2C8E #BA3ABD #CD65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8C2C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8C2C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2C8E

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2C8E	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.174 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16eaf',
    500: '#8c2c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2c8e;
$custom-light: #b16eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47624,
    "c": 0.17398,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.0933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2C8E

secondary

#62B660

accent

#DC4C4F

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2C8E

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

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