#8E239B#8E239B

#8E239B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.196 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E239B
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(294, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 58.68, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 72.23, 324.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.1568 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.196 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6722, 9.3205, 31.8722)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E239B #309B23

analogous

#52239B #8E239B #9B236C

triadic

#8E239B #9B8E23 #239B8E

tetradic

#8E239B #9B5223 #309B23 #236C9B

square

#8E239B #9B5223 #309B23 #236C9B

split-complementary

#8E239B #6C9B23 #239B52

monochromatic

#330C37 #601869 #8E239B #BC2ECD #CD5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8E239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8E239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E239B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E239B	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.196 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bb9',
    500: '#8e239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e239b;
$custom-light: #b36bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47925,
    "c": 0.19604,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E239B

secondary

#65BF5A

accent

#E64253

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E239B

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

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