#8E198C#8E198C

#8E198C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.193 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E198C
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(301, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(301, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, 58.97, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 69.09, 328.60°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% 0.1657 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.193 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2364, 8.3408, 25.5606)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E198C #198E1B

analogous

#56198E #8E198C #8E1951

triadic

#8E198C #8C8E19 #198C8E

tetradic

#8E198C #8E5619 #198E1B #19518E

square

#8E198C #8E5619 #198E1B #19518E

split-complementary

#8E198C #518E19 #198E56

monochromatic

#260725 #5A1059 #8E198C #C222BF #DE43DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#8E198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8E198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E198C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E198C	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.193 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b367ae',
    500: '#8e198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e198c;
$custom-light: #b367ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.026,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46272,
    "c": 0.19339,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E198C

secondary

#44BF46

accent

#ED3E3B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E198C

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

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