#8E209B#8E209B

#8E209B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.199 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E209B
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.27, 59.60, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.27, 73.28, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1593 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.199 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5877, 9.1514, 31.8440)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E209B #2D9B20

analogous

#51209B #8E209B #9B206A

triadic

#8E209B #9B8E20 #209B8E

tetradic

#8E209B #9B5120 #2D9B20 #206A9B

square

#8E209B #9B5120 #2D9B20 #206A9B

split-complementary

#8E209B #6A9B20 #209B51

monochromatic

#310B36 #601668 #8E209B #BC2ACE #CF59DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8E209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8E209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E209B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E209B	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90395E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.199 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ab9',
    500: '#8e209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e209b;
$custom-light: #b36ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.659,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47698,
    "c": 0.19894,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E209B

secondary

#61C156

accent

#E93F51

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E209B

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

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