#8E18B4#8E18B4

#8E18B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.225 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E18B4
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 180)
HSL	hsl(285, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(285, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 86.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, 66.26, -55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 86.74, 319.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.1605 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.225 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7188, 9.7001, 44.0048)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E18B4 #3EB418

analogous

#4018B4 #8E18B4 #B4188C

triadic

#8E18B4 #B48E18 #18B48E

tetradic

#8E18B4 #B44018 #3EB418 #188CB4

square

#8E18B4 #B44018 #3EB418 #188CB4

split-complementary

#8E18B4 #8CB418 #18B440

monochromatic

#390A48 #63117E #8E18B4 #B527E2 #C75DE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8E18B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8E18B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E18B4

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E18B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E18B4	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A5BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e18b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.225 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b468cb',
    500: '#8e18b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e18b4;
$custom-light: #b468cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e18b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.385,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48966,
    "c": 0.22537,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E18B4

secondary

#76CD5B

accent

#F33563

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E18B4

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

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