#8E238A#8E238A

#8E238A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.182 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E238A
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(302, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, 55.73, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 64.95, 329.11°)
OKLab	oklab(46.87% 0.1574 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(46.87% 0.182 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3437, 8.7891, 24.8755)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E238A #238E27

analogous

#5D238E #8E238A #8E2355

triadic

#8E238A #8A8E23 #238A8E

tetradic

#8E238A #8E5D23 #238E27 #23558E

square

#8E238A #8E5D23 #238E27 #23558E

split-complementary

#8E238A #558E23 #238E5D

monochromatic

#2C0B2B #5D175A #8E238A #BF2FBA #D556D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#8E238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8E238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E238A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E238A	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.182 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aac',
    500: '#8e238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e238a;
$custom-light: #b36aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.243,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46871,
    "c": 0.18238,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E238A

secondary

#53B957

accent

#E44A44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E238A

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

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