#8E249C#8E249C

#8E249C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.196 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E249C
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 58.54, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 72.30, 324.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1558 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.196 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7864, 9.4139, 32.3263)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E249C #329C24

analogous

#52249C #8E249C #9C246E

triadic

#8E249C #9C8E24 #249C8E

tetradic

#8E249C #9C5224 #329C24 #246E9C

square

#8E249C #9C5224 #329C24 #246E9C

split-complementary

#8E249C #6E9C24 #249C52

monochromatic

#330D39 #61196A #8E249C #BB2FCE #CC60DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8E249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8E249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E249C

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E249C	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.196 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bba',
    500: '#8e249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e249c;
$custom-light: #b36bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48069,
    "c": 0.19585,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E249C

secondary

#68BF5C

accent

#E64255

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E249C

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

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