#8E2181#8E2181

#8E2181 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.178 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2181
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(307, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(307, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.85, 54.93, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.85, 62.07, 332.24°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.159 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.178 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6618, 8.4248, 21.5659)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2181 #218E2E

analogous

#65218E #8E2181 #8E214B

triadic

#8E2181 #818E21 #21818E

tetradic

#8E2181 #8E6521 #218E2E #214B8E

square

#8E2181 #8E6521 #218E2E #214B8E

split-complementary

#8E2181 #4B8E21 #218E65

monochromatic

#2B0A27 #5C1554 #8E2181 #C02DAE #D752C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#8E2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8E2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2181

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2181	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47577E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.178 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b369a6',
    500: '#8e2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2181;
$custom-light: #b369a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.156,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46192,
    "c": 0.17766,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2181

secondary

#50BA5D

accent

#E55642

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2181

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

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