#8E158B#8E158B

#8E158B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.196 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E158B
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 139)
HSL	hsl(301, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, 59.75, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 69.75, 328.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.98% 0.1684 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(45.98% 0.196 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0836, 8.1525, 25.1476)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E158B #158E18

analogous

#55158E #8E158B #8E154E

triadic

#8E158B #8B8E15 #158B8E

tetradic

#8E158B #8E5515 #158E18 #154E8E

square

#8E158B #8E5515 #158E18 #154E8E

split-complementary

#8E158B #4E8E15 #158E55

monochromatic

#230523 #590D57 #8E158B #C31DBF #E23BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#8E158B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8E158B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E158B

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E158B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E158B	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e158b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.196 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365ad',
    500: '#8e158b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e158b;
$custom-light: #b365ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e158b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.488,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4598,
    "c": 0.19572,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E158B

secondary

#3DC240

accent

#F13C37

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E158B

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

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