#8E238C#8E238C

#8E238C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.184 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E238C
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, 56.07, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 65.78, 328.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.99% 0.1574 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(46.99% 0.184 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4898, 8.8475, 25.6451)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E238C #238E25

analogous

#5A238E #8E238C #8E2357

triadic

#8E238C #8C8E23 #238C8E

tetradic

#8E238C #8E5A23 #238E25 #23578E

square

#8E238C #8E5A23 #238E25 #23578E

split-complementary

#8E238C #578E23 #238E5A

monochromatic

#2C0B2B #5D175C #8E238C #BF2FBC #D556D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#8E238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#8E238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E238C

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E238C	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.184 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aae',
    500: '#8e238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e238c;
$custom-light: #b36aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.121,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46989,
    "c": 0.18395,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E238C

secondary

#53B955

accent

#E44744

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E238C

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

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