#8E1789#8E1789

#8E1789 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.193 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1789
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(303, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(303, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 58.98, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 68.42, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.1672 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.193 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9770, 8.1710, 24.3977)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1789 #178E1C

analogous

#58178E #8E1789 #8E174E

triadic

#8E1789 #898E17 #17898E

tetradic

#8E1789 #8E5817 #178E1C #174E8E

square

#8E1789 #8E5817 #178E1C #174E8E

split-complementary

#8E1789 #4E8E17 #178E58

monochromatic

#250623 #590E56 #8E1789 #C320BC #E03FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8E1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8E1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1789

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1789	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.193 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366ac',
    500: '#8e1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1789;
$custom-light: #b366ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.521,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45969,
    "c": 0.19275,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1789

secondary

#40C046

accent

#EF4139

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1789

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

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