#8E188E#8E188E

#8E188E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.196 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E188E
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(300, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.72, 59.54, -37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.72, 70.19, 328.03°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.1663 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.196 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3643, 8.3583, 26.3374)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E188E #188E18

analogous

#53188E #8E188E #8E1853

triadic

#8E188E #8E8E18 #188E8E

tetradic

#8E188E #8E5318 #188E18 #18538E

square

#8E188E #8E5318 #188E18 #18538E

split-complementary

#8E188E #538E18 #188E53

monochromatic

#250625 #5A0F5A #8E188E #C221C2 #DF41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8E188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8E188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E188E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E188E	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C578B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.196 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366af',
    500: '#8e188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e188e;
$custom-light: #b366af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46336,
    "c": 0.19569,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E188E

secondary

#42C042

accent

#EE3A3A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E188E

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

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