#8E157C#8E157C

#8E157C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.185 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E157C
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(309, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 57.45, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 63.91, 334.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% 0.1684 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.185 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0618, 7.7438, 19.7663)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E157C #158E27

analogous

#64158E #8E157C #8E153F

triadic

#8E157C #7C8E15 #157C8E

tetradic

#8E157C #8E6415 #158E27 #153F8E

square

#8E157C #8E6415 #158E27 #153F8E

split-complementary

#8E157C #3F8E15 #158E64

monochromatic

#23051F #590D4D #8E157C #C31DAB #E23BC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8E157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E157C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E157C	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96214A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.185 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a2',
    500: '#8e157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e157c;
$custom-light: #b365a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.926,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45096,
    "c": 0.18504,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E157C

secondary

#3DC251

accent

#F15337

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E157C

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

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