#8E187C#8E187C

#8E187C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.183 H 335.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E187C
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 56.74, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 63.10, 334.05°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% 0.1663 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.183 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1203, 7.8607, 19.7858)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E187C #188E2A

analogous

#65188E #8E187C #8E1841

triadic

#8E187C #7C8E18 #187C8E

tetradic

#8E187C #8E6518 #188E2A #18418E

square

#8E187C #8E6518 #188E2A #18418E

split-complementary

#8E187C #418E18 #188E65

monochromatic

#250621 #5A0F4E #8E187C #C221AA #DF41C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8E187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E187C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E187C	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96234A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.183 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a2',
    500: '#8e187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e187c;
$custom-light: #b365a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.153,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45273,
    "c": 0.18264,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E187C

secondary

#42C055

accent

#EE553A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E187C

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

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