#8C2D8A#8C2D8A

#8C2D8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.169 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D8A
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, 51.59, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 60.62, 328.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.1447 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.169 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3409, 9.2884, 24.9720)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D8A #2D8C2F

analogous

#5F2D8C #8C2D8A #8C2D5B

triadic

#8C2D8A #8A8C2D #2D8A8C

tetradic

#8C2D8A #8C5F2D #2D8C2F #2D5B8C

square

#8C2D8A #8C5F2D #2D8C2F #2D5B8C

split-complementary

#8C2D8A #5B8C2D #2D8C5F

monochromatic

#2F0F2F #5E1E5C #8C2D8A #BA3CB8 #CE66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8C2D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8C2D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D8A

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D8A	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.169 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16eac',
    500: '#8c2d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d8a;
$custom-light: #b16eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.263,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47494,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D8A

secondary

#60B462

accent

#DB504D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D8A

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

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