#8E199C#8E199C

#8E199C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.206 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E199C
RGB	rgb(142, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(294, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(294, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, 61.67, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 75.86, 324.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.1643 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.206 323)
XYZ	xyz(17.5031, 8.8474, 32.2319)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E199C #279C19

analogous

#4C199C #8E199C #9C1968

triadic

#8E199C #9C8E19 #199C8E

tetradic

#8E199C #9C4C19 #279C19 #19689C

square

#8E199C #9C4C19 #279C19 #19689C

split-complementary

#8E199C #689C19 #199C4C

monochromatic

#2E0833 #5E1167 #8E199C #BE21D1 #D24DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#8E199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#8E199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E199C

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E199C	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90365D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.206 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b367ba',
    500: '#8e199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e199c;
$custom-light: #b367ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.588,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47305,
    "c": 0.20564,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.08846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E199C

secondary

#59C44C

accent

#EF394C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#120712

muted

#817A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E199C

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

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