#8E157F#8E157F

#8E157F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.187 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E157F
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(307, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 57.90, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 65.03, 332.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% 0.1685 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.187 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2544, 7.8208, 20.7807)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E157F #158E24

analogous

#61158E #8E157F #8E1543

triadic

#8E157F #7F8E15 #157F8E

tetradic

#8E157F #8E6115 #158E24 #15438E

square

#8E157F #8E6115 #158E24 #15438E

split-complementary

#8E157F #438E15 #158E61

monochromatic

#230520 #590D4F #8E157F #C31DAF #E23BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8E157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E157F

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E157F	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44557C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95234B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.187 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a4',
    500: '#8e157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e157f;
$custom-light: #b365a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.438,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45266,
    "c": 0.18712,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E157F

secondary

#3DC24E

accent

#F14E37

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E157F

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

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