#8E237F#8E237F

#8E237F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.174 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E237F
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 53.96, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 60.55, 333.02°)
OKLab	oklab(46.25% 0.1569 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(46.25% 0.174 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5873, 8.4865, 20.8917)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E237F #238E32

analogous

#67238E #8E237F #8E234A

triadic

#8E237F #7F8E23 #237F8E

tetradic

#8E237F #8E6723 #238E32 #234A8E

square

#8E237F #8E6723 #238E32 #234A8E

split-complementary

#8E237F #4A8E23 #238E67

monochromatic

#2C0B27 #5D1753 #8E237F #BF2FAB #D556C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8E237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8E237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E237F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E237F	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48587C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.174 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aa4',
    500: '#8e237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e237f;
$custom-light: #b26aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.411,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46247,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E237F

secondary

#53B962

accent

#E45B44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E237F

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

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