#8C339D#8C339D

#8C339D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.178 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C339D
RGB	rgb(140, 51, 157)
HSL	hsl(290, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 67.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, 52.61, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 66.26, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.1381 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.178 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0841, 10.3783, 32.9424)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C339D #449D33

analogous

#57339D #8C339D #9D3379

triadic

#8C339D #9D8C33 #339D8C

tetradic

#8C339D #9D5733 #449D33 #33799D

square

#8C339D #9D5733 #449D33 #33799D

split-complementary

#8C339D #799D33 #339D57

monochromatic

#3A1541 #63246F #8C339D #B049C4 #C477D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#8C339D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8C339D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C339D

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C339D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C339D	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1154A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c339d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 51, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.178 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172ba',
    500: '#8c339d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c339d;
$custom-light: #b172ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c339d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.377,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49272,
    "c": 0.17811,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C339D

secondary

#7CBB70

accent

#DA4D64

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C339D

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

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