#8E258A#8E258A

#8E258A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.180 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E258A
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 138)
HSL	hsl(302, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(302, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.81, 55.06, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.81, 64.18, 329.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.04% 0.1555 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(47.04% 0.18 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4042, 8.9101, 24.8957)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E258A #258E29

analogous

#5E258E #8E258A #8E2555

triadic

#8E258A #8A8E25 #258A8E

tetradic

#8E258A #8E5E25 #258E29 #25558E

square

#8E258A #8E5E25 #258E29 #25558E

split-complementary

#8E258A #558E25 #258E5E

monochromatic

#2D0C2C #5D185B #8E258A #BF32B9 #D45ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#8E258A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8E258A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E258A

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E258A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E258A	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e258a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.180 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bac',
    500: '#8e258a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e258a;
$custom-light: #b26bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e258a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.286,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47039,
    "c": 0.18017,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E258A

secondary

#56B95A

accent

#E24C46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E258A

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

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