#8E157A#8E157A

#8E157A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.184 H 336.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E157A
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(310, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(310, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 57.16, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 63.18, 334.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.1683 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.184 336.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9366, 7.6937, 19.1070)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E157A #158E29

analogous

#65158E #8E157A #8E153E

triadic

#8E157A #7A8E15 #157A8E

tetradic

#8E157A #8E6515 #158E29 #153E8E

square

#8E157A #8E6515 #158E29 #153E8E

split-complementary

#8E157A #3E8E15 #158E65

monochromatic

#23051E #590D4C #8E157A #C31DA8 #E23BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8E157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E157A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E157A	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18437D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.184 336.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a1',
    500: '#8e157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e157a;
$custom-light: #b365a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.917,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44985,
    "c": 0.18367,
    "h": 336.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E157A

secondary

#3DC253

accent

#F15637

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E157A

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

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