#8E157E#8E157E

#8E157E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.186 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E157E
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, 57.75, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 64.66, 333.27°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% 0.1685 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.186 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1896, 7.7949, 20.4392)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E157E #158E25

analogous

#62158E #8E157E #8E1542

triadic

#8E157E #7E8E15 #157E8E

tetradic

#8E157E #8E6215 #158E25 #15428E

square

#8E157E #8E6215 #158E25 #15428E

split-complementary

#8E157E #428E15 #158E62

monochromatic

#23051F #590D4F #8E157E #C31DAD #E23BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8E157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E157E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E157E	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44557B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95234B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.186 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a4',
    500: '#8e157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e157e;
$custom-light: #b365a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.934,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45209,
    "c": 0.18642,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E157E

secondary

#3DC24F

accent

#F15037

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E157E

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

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