#8E187D#8E187D

#8E187D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.183 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E187D
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 56.88, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 63.47, 333.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.33% 0.1664 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(45.33% 0.183 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1839, 7.8861, 20.1206)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E187D #188E29

analogous

#64188E #8E187D #8E1842

triadic

#8E187D #7D8E18 #187D8E

tetradic

#8E187D #8E6418 #188E29 #18428E

square

#8E187D #8E6418 #188E29 #18428E

split-complementary

#8E187D #428E18 #188E64

monochromatic

#250621 #5A0F4F #8E187D #C221AB #DF41C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8E187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E187D

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E187D	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46557A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.183 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366a3',
    500: '#8e187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e187d;
$custom-light: #b366a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.644,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45329,
    "c": 0.18333,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E187D

secondary

#42C054

accent

#EE543A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E187D

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

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