#8E197D#8E197D

#8E197D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.182 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E197D
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 56.63, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 63.18, 333.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% 0.1656 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.182 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2049, 7.9281, 20.1276)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E197D #198E2A

analogous

#64198E #8E197D #8E1942

triadic

#8E197D #7D8E19 #197D8E

tetradic

#8E197D #8E6419 #198E2A #19428E

square

#8E197D #8E6419 #198E2A #19428E

split-complementary

#8E197D #428E19 #198E64

monochromatic

#260721 #5A104F #8E197D #C222AB #DE43C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E197D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E197D	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.182 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366a3',
    500: '#8e197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e197d;
$custom-light: #b366a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.718,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45392,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E197D

secondary

#44BF56

accent

#ED553B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E197D

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

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