#8E258E#8E258E

#8E258E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.183 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E258E
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.04, 55.74, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.04, 65.85, 327.82°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% 0.1555 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.183 328)
XYZ	xyz(16.6992, 9.0281, 26.4490)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E258E #258E25

analogous

#59258E #8E258E #8E2559

triadic

#8E258E #8E8E25 #258E8E

tetradic

#8E258E #8E5925 #258E25 #25598E

square

#8E258E #8E5925 #258E25 #25598E

split-complementary

#8E258E #598E25 #258E59

monochromatic

#2D0C2D #5D185D #8E258E #BF32BF #D45AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#8E258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8E258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E258E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E258E	1.00	7.49	2.81	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41598B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.183 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26baf',
    500: '#8e258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e258e;
$custom-light: #b26baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47276,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.09027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E258E

secondary

#56B956

accent

#E24646

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E258E

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

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