#8E189E#8E189E

#8E189E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.208 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E189E
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 158)
HSL	hsl(293, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(293, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 84.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.74, 62.26, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.74, 77.00, 323.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% 0.1647 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.208 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6529, 8.8737, 33.1241)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E189E #289E18

analogous

#4B189E #8E189E #9E186B

triadic

#8E189E #9E8E18 #189E8E

tetradic

#8E189E #9E4B18 #289E18 #186B9E

square

#8E189E #9E4B18 #289E18 #186B9E

split-complementary

#8E189E #6B9E18 #189E4B

monochromatic

#2F0834 #5E1069 #8E189E #BE20D3 #D24DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#8E189E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#8E189E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E189E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E189E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E189E	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90375E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e189e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.208 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b367bb',
    500: '#8e189e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e189e;
$custom-light: #b367bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e189e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.836,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47384,
    "c": 0.20793,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E189E

secondary

#5BC64C

accent

#F0384E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#120712

muted

#817A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E189E

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