#8E157D#8E157D

#8E157D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.186 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E157D
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 57.60, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 64.28, 333.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.15% 0.1685 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(45.15% 0.186 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1254, 7.7692, 20.1011)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E157D #158E26

analogous

#63158E #8E157D #8E1540

triadic

#8E157D #7D8E15 #157D8E

tetradic

#8E157D #8E6315 #158E26 #15408E

square

#8E157D #8E6315 #158E26 #15408E

split-complementary

#8E157D #408E15 #158E63

monochromatic

#23051F #590D4E #8E157D #C31DAC #E23BCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E157D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E157D	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45557A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95224A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.186 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a3',
    500: '#8e157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e157d;
$custom-light: #b365a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.43,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45152,
    "c": 0.18573,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E157D

secondary

#3DC250

accent

#F15137

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E157D

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

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