#8E1589#8E1589

#8E1589 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.194 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1589
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(302, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(302, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.18, 59.44, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.18, 68.94, 329.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.1685 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.194 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9388, 8.0946, 24.3850)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1589 #158E1A

analogous

#56158E #8E1589 #8E154D

triadic

#8E1589 #898E15 #15898E

tetradic

#8E1589 #8E5615 #158E1A #154D8E

square

#8E1589 #8E5615 #158E1A #154D8E

split-complementary

#8E1589 #4D8E15 #158E56

monochromatic

#230522 #590D56 #8E1589 #C31DBC #E23BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8E1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8E1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1589

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1589	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.194 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365ac',
    500: '#8e1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1589;
$custom-light: #b365ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.479,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45857,
    "c": 0.19426,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1589

secondary

#3DC243

accent

#F13F37

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1589

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

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