#8E1281#8E1281

#8E1281 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.191 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1281
RGB	rgb(142, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(306, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(306, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.3%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 58.84, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 66.52, 332.18°)
OKLab	oklab(45.23% 0.1705 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(45.23% 0.191 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3342, 7.7698, 21.4567)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1281 #128E1F

analogous

#5D128E #8E1281 #8E1243

triadic

#8E1281 #818E12 #12818E

tetradic

#8E1281 #8E5D12 #128E1F #12438E

square

#8E1281 #8E5D12 #128E1F #12438E

split-complementary

#8E1281 #438E12 #128E5D

monochromatic

#21041E #580B50 #8E1281 #C419B2 #E535D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E1281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E1281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1281

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1281	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42557E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95234C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.191 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b364a6',
    500: '#8e1281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1281;
$custom-light: #b364a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.29,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45225,
    "c": 0.19064,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1281

secondary

#3AC248

accent

#F44834

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1281

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

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