#8E239D#8E239D

#8E239D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.198 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E239D
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 59.04, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 73.11, 323.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.1566 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.198 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8415, 9.3882, 32.7641)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E239D #329D23

analogous

#51239D #8E239D #9D236F

triadic

#8E239D #9D8E23 #239D8E

tetradic

#8E239D #9D5123 #329D23 #236F9D

square

#8E239D #9D5123 #329D23 #236F9D

split-complementary

#8E239D #6F9D23 #239D51

monochromatic

#330D39 #61186B #8E239D #BB2ECF #CC5FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8E239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8E239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E239D

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E239D	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.198 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bba',
    500: '#8e239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e239d;
$custom-light: #b36bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.623,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48056,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E239D

secondary

#68C05C

accent

#E74156

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E239D

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

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