#8E197E#8E197E

#8E197E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.183 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E197E
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(308, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 56.78, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 63.56, 333.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% 0.1657 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.183 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2691, 7.9538, 20.4657)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E197E #198E29

analogous

#63198E #8E197E #8E1944

triadic

#8E197E #7E8E19 #197E8E

tetradic

#8E197E #8E6319 #198E29 #19448E

square

#8E197E #8E6319 #198E29 #19448E

split-complementary

#8E197E #448E19 #198E63

monochromatic

#260722 #5A1050 #8E197E #C222AC #DE43C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8E197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E197E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E197E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45567B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95254C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.183 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366a4',
    500: '#8e197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e197e;
$custom-light: #b366a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.205,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45448,
    "c": 0.18319,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E197E

secondary

#44BF55

accent

#ED533B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E197E

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

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