#8E238F#8E238F

#8E238F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.186 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E238F
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(299, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, 56.58, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 67.04, 327.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.1574 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.186 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7141, 8.9372, 26.8260)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E238F #248F23

analogous

#58238F #8E238F #8F235A

triadic

#8E238F #8F8E23 #238F8E

tetradic

#8E238F #8F5823 #248F23 #235A8F

square

#8E238F #8F5823 #248F23 #235A8F

split-complementary

#8E238F #5A8F23 #238F58

monochromatic

#2C0B2D #5D175E #8E238F #BF2FC0 #D557D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#8E238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8E238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E238F

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E238F	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40598C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#923557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.186 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ab0',
    500: '#8e238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e238f;
$custom-light: #b36ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4717,
    "c": 0.18632,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E238F

secondary

#55BA54

accent

#E44445

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E238F

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

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