#8E238D#8E238D

#8E238D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.185 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E238D
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.75, 56.24, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.75, 66.19, 328.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.1574 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.185 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5639, 8.8772, 26.0352)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E238D #238E24

analogous

#5A238E #8E238D #8E2357

triadic

#8E238D #8D8E23 #238D8E

tetradic

#8E238D #8E5A23 #238E24 #23578E

square

#8E238D #8E5A23 #238E24 #23578E

split-complementary

#8E238D #578E23 #238E5A

monochromatic

#2C0B2B #5D175C #8E238D #BF2FBE #D556D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#8E238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8E238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E238D

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E238D	1.00	7.57	2.78	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41598A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.185 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aaf',
    500: '#8e238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e238d;
$custom-light: #b36aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.561,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47049,
    "c": 0.18474,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E238D

secondary

#53B954

accent

#E44644

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E238D

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

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