#8E117D#8E117D

#8E117D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.189 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E117D
RGB	rgb(142, 17, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(308, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 58.44, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 65.24, 333.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.171 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.189 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0577, 7.6338, 20.0785)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E117D #118E22

analogous

#60118E #8E117D #8E113E

triadic

#8E117D #7D8E11 #117D8E

tetradic

#8E117D #8E6011 #118E22 #113E8E

square

#8E117D #8E6011 #118E22 #113E8E

split-complementary

#8E117D #3E8E11 #118E60

monochromatic

#21041D #570A4D #8E117D #C518AD #E733CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8E117D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E117D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E117D

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E117D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E117D	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e117d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 17, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.189 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b364a3',
    500: '#8e117d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e117d;
$custom-light: #b364a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e117d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.16,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44946,
    "c": 0.18854,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E117D

secondary

#38C24B

accent

#F54D33

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#12060F

muted

#817A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E117D

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

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