#8D257D#8D257D

#8D257D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.170 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D257D
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 11.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 52.71, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 58.90, 333.49°)
OKLab	oklab(46.15% 0.1537 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(46.15% 0.17 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3479, 8.4679, 20.2242)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D257D #258D35

analogous

#69258D #8D257D #8D2549

triadic

#8D257D #7D8D25 #257D8D

tetradic

#8D257D #8D6925 #258D35 #25498D

square

#8D257D #8D6925 #258D35 #25498D

split-complementary

#8D257D #498D25 #258D69

monochromatic

#2C0C27 #5D1852 #8D257D #BD32A8 #D359C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8D257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8D257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D257D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D257D	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24487F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49587B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.170 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aa3',
    500: '#8d257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d257d;
$custom-light: #b26aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46153,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D257D

secondary

#56B865

accent

#E25E46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D257D

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

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