#8E1E8E#8E1E8E

#8E1E8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.191 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1E8E
RGB	rgb(142, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(300, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 57.95, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 68.37, 327.94°)
OKLab	oklab(46.73% 0.1618 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(46.73% 0.191 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5019, 8.6336, 26.3832)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1E8E #1E8E1E

analogous

#561E8E #8E1E8E #8E1E56

triadic

#8E1E8E #8E8E1E #1E8E8E

tetradic

#8E1E8E #8E561E #1E8E1E #1E568E

square

#8E1E8E #8E561E #1E8E1E #1E568E

split-complementary

#8E1E8E #568E1E #1E8E56

monochromatic

#290929 #5B135B #8E1E8E #C129C1 #D94DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8E1E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8E1E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1E8E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1E8E	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E588B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.191 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b368af',
    500: '#8e1e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1e8e;
$custom-light: #b368af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46727,
    "c": 0.19052,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1E8E

secondary

#4CBC4C

accent

#E84040

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1E8E

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