#8E198B#8E198B

#8E198B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.193 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E198B
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(302, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(302, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, 58.81, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 68.68, 328.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% 0.1657 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.193 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1630, 8.3114, 25.1741)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E198B #198E1C

analogous

#56198E #8E198B #8E1951

triadic

#8E198B #8B8E19 #198B8E

tetradic

#8E198B #8E5619 #198E1C #19518E

square

#8E198B #8E5619 #198E1C #19518E

split-complementary

#8E198B #518E19 #198E56

monochromatic

#260725 #5A1058 #8E198B #C222BE #DE43DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8E198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8E198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E198B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E198B	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.193 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366ad',
    500: '#8e198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e198b;
$custom-light: #b366ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.538,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46211,
    "c": 0.19264,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E198B

secondary

#44BF47

accent

#ED403B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E198B

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

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