#8E117C#8E117C

#8E117C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.188 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E117C
RGB	rgb(142, 17, 124)
HSL	hsl(309, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(309, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, 58.30, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 64.87, 333.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.171 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.188 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9941, 7.6084, 19.7438)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E117C #118E23

analogous

#61118E #8E117C #8E113D

triadic

#8E117C #7C8E11 #117C8E

tetradic

#8E117C #8E6111 #118E23 #113D8E

square

#8E117C #8E6111 #118E23 #113D8E

split-complementary

#8E117C #3D8E11 #118E61

monochromatic

#21041D #570A4C #8E117C #C518AC #E733CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8E117C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E117C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E117C

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E117C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E117C	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e117c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 17, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.188 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b364a2',
    500: '#8e117c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e117c;
$custom-light: #b364a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e117c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.64,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4489,
    "c": 0.18786,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E117C

secondary

#38C24C

accent

#F54F33

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#12060F

muted

#817A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E117C

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

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