#8E2597#8E2597

#8E2597 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.191 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2597
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(295, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(295, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, 57.31, -39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 69.73, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1553 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.191 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4024, 9.3094, 30.1524)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2597 #2E9725

analogous

#552597 #8E2597 #972567

triadic

#8E2597 #978E25 #25978E

tetradic

#8E2597 #975525 #2E9725 #256797

square

#8E2597 #975525 #2E9725 #256797

split-complementary

#8E2597 #679725 #259755

monochromatic

#320D35 #601966 #8E2597 #BC31C8 #CE5FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#8E2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8E2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2597

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2597	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.191 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bb6',
    500: '#8e2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2597;
$custom-light: #b36bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.263,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4783,
    "c": 0.19068,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2597

secondary

#63BD5B

accent

#E44451

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2597

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

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