#8E137B#8E137B

#8E137B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.186 H 336.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E137B
RGB	rgb(142, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.6%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 57.75, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 64.04, 334.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.1697 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.186 336)
XYZ	xyz(14.9636, 7.6480, 19.4232)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E137B #138E26

analogous

#64138E #8E137B #8E133E

triadic

#8E137B #7B8E13 #137B8E

tetradic

#8E137B #8E6413 #138E26 #133E8E

square

#8E137B #8E6413 #138E26 #133E8E

split-complementary

#8E137B #3E8E13 #138E64

monochromatic

#22051D #580C4C #8E137B #C41AAA #E437CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8E137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8E137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E137B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E137B	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.186 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b364a1',
    500: '#8e137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e137b;
$custom-light: #b364a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.268,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44933,
    "c": 0.18582,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.07647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E137B

secondary

#3BC250

accent

#F35235

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#12060F

muted

#817A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E137B

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

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