#8E238E#8E238E

#8E238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.186 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E238E
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, 56.41, -35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 66.62, 327.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.11% 0.1574 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(47.11% 0.186 328)
XYZ	xyz(16.6386, 8.9071, 26.4288)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E238E #238E23

analogous

#59238E #8E238E #8E2359

triadic

#8E238E #8E8E23 #238E8E

tetradic

#8E238E #8E5923 #238E23 #23598E

square

#8E238E #8E5923 #238E23 #23598E

split-complementary

#8E238E #598E23 #238E59

monochromatic

#2C0B2C #5D175D #8E238E #BF2FBF #D556D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#8E238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8E238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E238E

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E238E	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B4B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41598B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.186 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aaf',
    500: '#8e238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e238e;
$custom-light: #b36aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47109,
    "c": 0.18553,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.08906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E238E

secondary

#53B953

accent

#E44444

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E238E

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

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