#8D257E#8D257E

#8D257E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.170 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D257E
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, 52.87, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 59.29, 333.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% 0.1538 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.17 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4121, 8.4935, 20.5623)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D257E #258D34

analogous

#68258D #8D257E #8D254A

triadic

#8D257E #7E8D25 #257E8D

tetradic

#8D257E #8D6825 #258D34 #254A8D

square

#8D257E #8D6825 #258D34 #254A8D

split-complementary

#8D257E #4A8D25 #258D68

monochromatic

#2C0C27 #5D1853 #8D257E #BD32A9 #D359C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#8D257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8D257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D257E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D257E	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49587B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.170 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aa3',
    500: '#8d257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d257e;
$custom-light: #b26aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.654,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46207,
    "c": 0.17036,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D257E

secondary

#56B864

accent

#E25D46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D257E

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

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