#8E238B#8E238B

#8E238B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.183 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E238B
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(302, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 55.90, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 65.36, 328.79°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% 0.1574 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.183 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4164, 8.8182, 25.2585)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E238B #238E26

analogous

#5B238E #8E238B #8E2356

triadic

#8E238B #8B8E23 #238B8E

tetradic

#8E238B #8E5B23 #238E26 #23568E

square

#8E238B #8E5B23 #238E26 #23568E

split-complementary

#8E238B #568E23 #238E5B

monochromatic

#2C0B2B #5D175B #8E238B #BF2FBB #D556D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#8E238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8E238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E238B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E238B	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.183 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aad',
    500: '#8e238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e238b;
$custom-light: #b36aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.682,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4693,
    "c": 0.18317,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E238B

secondary

#53B956

accent

#E44944

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E238B

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

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