#8C2CA2#8C2CA2

#8C2CA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.191 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2CA2
RGB	rgb(140, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 56.41, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 71.79, 321.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1454 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.191 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2366, 9.9863, 35.1424)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2CA2 #42A22C

analogous

#512CA2 #8C2CA2 #A22C7D

triadic

#8C2CA2 #A28C2C #2CA28C

tetradic

#8C2CA2 #A2512C #42A22C #2C7DA2

square

#8C2CA2 #A2512C #42A22C #2C7DA2

split-complementary

#8C2CA2 #7DA22C #2CA251

monochromatic

#391242 #621F72 #8C2CA2 #B140CB #C570D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8C2CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8C2CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2CA2

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2CA2	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.191 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fbe',
    500: '#8c2ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2ca2;
$custom-light: #b16fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.814,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48874,
    "c": 0.19141,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2CA2

secondary

#7ABF6A

accent

#E14764

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2CA2

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

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