#8E237D#8E237D

#8E237D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.173 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E237D
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(310, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(310, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.87, 53.65, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.87, 59.78, 333.82°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% 0.1568 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.173 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4582, 8.4349, 20.2120)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E237D #238E34

analogous

#6A238E #8E237D #8E2347

triadic

#8E237D #7D8E23 #237D8E

tetradic

#8E237D #8E6A23 #238E34 #23478E

square

#8E237D #8E6A23 #238E34 #23478E

split-complementary

#8E237D #478E23 #238E6A

monochromatic

#2C0B27 #5D1752 #8E237D #BF2FA8 #D556C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#8E237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8E237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E237D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E237D	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23487F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49587A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.173 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b369a3',
    500: '#8e237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e237d;
$custom-light: #b369a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.533,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46139,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E237D

secondary

#53B964

accent

#E45E44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E237D

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

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