#8E138B#8E138B

#8E138B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.197 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E138B
RGB	rgb(142, 19, 139)
HSL	hsl(301, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.6%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 60.18, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 70.24, 328.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% 0.1696 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.197 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0483, 8.0819, 25.1358)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E138B #138E16

analogous

#54138E #8E138B #8E134E

triadic

#8E138B #8B8E13 #138B8E

tetradic

#8E138B #8E5413 #138E16 #134E8E

square

#8E138B #8E5413 #138E16 #134E8E

split-complementary

#8E138B #4E8E13 #138E54

monochromatic

#220521 #580C56 #8E138B #C41AC0 #E437E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8E138B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E138B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E138B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E138B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E138B	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e138b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 19, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.197 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365ad',
    500: '#8e138b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e138b;
$custom-light: #b365ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e138b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.463,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45877,
    "c": 0.1971,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E138B

secondary

#3BC23E

accent

#F33935

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E138B

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

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