#8E2596#8E2596

#8E2596 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.190 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2596
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(296, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(296, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.51, 57.13, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.51, 69.29, 325.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1553 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.19 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3215, 9.2770, 29.7266)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2596 #2D9625

analogous

#562596 #8E2596 #962566

triadic

#8E2596 #968E25 #25968E

tetradic

#8E2596 #965625 #2D9625 #256696

square

#8E2596 #965625 #2D9625 #256696

split-complementary

#8E2596 #669625 #259656

monochromatic

#310D34 #601965 #8E2596 #BC31C7 #CF5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8E2596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8E2596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2596

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2596	1.00	7.36	2.86	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91395C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.190 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bb5',
    500: '#8e2596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2596;
$custom-light: #b36bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.752,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47767,
    "c": 0.18986,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2596

secondary

#61BC5B

accent

#E44450

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2596

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

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