#8E197C#8E197C

#8E197C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.182 H 335.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E197C
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 56.48, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 62.81, 334.06°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.1655 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.182 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1413, 7.9027, 19.7928)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E197C #198E2B

analogous

#66198E #8E197C #8E1941

triadic

#8E197C #7C8E19 #197C8E

tetradic

#8E197C #8E6619 #198E2B #19418E

square

#8E197C #8E6619 #198E2B #19418E

split-complementary

#8E197C #418E19 #198E66

monochromatic

#260721 #5A104F #8E197C #C222A9 #DE43C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8E197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E197C

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E197C	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.182 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366a2',
    500: '#8e197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e197c;
$custom-light: #b366a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45337,
    "c": 0.18178,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E197C

secondary

#44BF57

accent

#ED563B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E197C

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

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