#8E157B#8E157B

#8E157B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.184 H 336.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E157B
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 57.31, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 63.54, 334.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.04% 0.1684 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(45.04% 0.184 336)
XYZ	xyz(14.9989, 7.7186, 19.4350)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E157B #158E28

analogous

#64158E #8E157B #8E153F

triadic

#8E157B #7B8E15 #157B8E

tetradic

#8E157B #8E6415 #158E28 #153F8E

square

#8E157B #8E6415 #158E28 #153F8E

split-complementary

#8E157B #3F8E15 #158E64

monochromatic

#23051F #590D4D #8E157B #C31DA9 #E23BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8E157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E157B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E157B	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.184 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a1',
    500: '#8e157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e157b;
$custom-light: #b365a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.421,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45041,
    "c": 0.18435,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.07717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E157B

secondary

#3DC252

accent

#F15437

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E157B

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

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