#8E237E#8E237E

#8E237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.173 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E237E
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, 53.80, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 60.16, 333.42°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.1568 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.173 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5224, 8.4606, 20.5502)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E237E #238E33

analogous

#69238E #8E237E #8E2349

triadic

#8E237E #7E8E23 #237E8E

tetradic

#8E237E #8E6923 #238E33 #23498E

square

#8E237E #8E6923 #238E33 #23498E

split-complementary

#8E237E #498E23 #238E69

monochromatic

#2C0B27 #5D1752 #8E237E #BF2FAA #D556C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8E237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8E237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E237E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E237E	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)

#224880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49587B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.173 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aa3',
    500: '#8e237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e237e;
$custom-light: #b26aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.972,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46193,
    "c": 0.17325,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E237E

secondary

#53B963

accent

#E45C44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E237E

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

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