#8C2E8A#8C2E8A

#8C2E8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.168 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E8A
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 51.18, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 60.16, 328.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1435 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.168 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3795, 9.3656, 24.9849)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E8A #2E8C30

analogous

#5F2E8C #8C2E8A #8C2E5B

triadic

#8C2E8A #8A8C2E #2E8A8C

tetradic

#8C2E8A #8C5F2E #2E8C30 #2E5B8C

square

#8C2E8A #8C5F2E #2E8C30 #2E5B8C

split-complementary

#8C2E8A #5B8C2E #2E8C5F

monochromatic

#30102F #5E1F5D #8C2E8A #BA3DB7 #CD67CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8C2E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8C2E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E8A

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E8A	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#234E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.168 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fac',
    500: '#8c2e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e8a;
$custom-light: #b16fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.277,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47599,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E8A

secondary

#62B464

accent

#DA514E

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E8A

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

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