#8E378D#8E378D

#8E378D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.159 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E378D
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(301, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.56, 48.33, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.56, 57.13, 327.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% 0.135 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.159 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3290, 10.4074, 26.2902)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E378D #378E38

analogous

#63378E #8E378D #8E3761

triadic

#8E378D #8D8E37 #378D8E

tetradic

#8E378D #8E6337 #378E38 #37618E

square

#8E378D #8E6337 #378E38 #37618E

split-complementary

#8E378D #618E37 #378E63

monochromatic

#361535 #622661 #8E378D #B949B7 #CA76C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#8E378D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8E378D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E378D

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E378D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E378D	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e378d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.159 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274ae',
    500: '#8e378d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e378d;
$custom-light: #b274ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e378d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.69,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49082,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E378D

secondary

#6EB36F

accent

#D45554

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E378D

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

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