#8E248E#8E248E

#8E248E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.184 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E248E
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, 56.08, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 66.24, 327.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.19% 0.1565 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(47.19% 0.184 328)
XYZ	xyz(16.6685, 8.9667, 26.4388)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E248E #248E24

analogous

#59248E #8E248E #8E2459

triadic

#8E248E #8E8E24 #248E8E

tetradic

#8E248E #8E5924 #248E24 #24598E

square

#8E248E #8E5924 #248E24 #24598E

split-complementary

#8E248E #598E24 #248E59

monochromatic

#2C0B2C #5D185D #8E248E #BF30BF #D558D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#8E248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8E248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E248E

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E248E	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41598B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.184 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36baf',
    500: '#8e248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e248e;
$custom-light: #b36baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47192,
    "c": 0.18445,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.08966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E248E

secondary

#55B955

accent

#E34545

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E248E

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

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