#8E257E#8E257E

#8E257E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.171 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E257E
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, 53.11, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 59.38, 333.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.37% 0.1548 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(46.37% 0.171 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5830, 8.5816, 20.5703)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E257E #258E35

analogous

#6A258E #8E257E #8E2549

triadic

#8E257E #7E8E25 #257E8E

tetradic

#8E257E #8E6A25 #258E35 #25498E

square

#8E257E #8E6A25 #258E35 #25498E

split-complementary

#8E257E #498E25 #258E6A

monochromatic

#2D0C28 #5D1853 #8E257E #BF32A9 #D45AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8E257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8E257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E257E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E257E	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A587B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.171 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aa3',
    500: '#8e257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e257e;
$custom-light: #b26aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46367,
    "c": 0.17096,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E257E

secondary

#56B965

accent

#E25E46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E257E

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

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