#8E259A#8E259A

#8E259A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.193 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E259A
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 57.85, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 71.05, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1551 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.193 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6491, 9.4081, 31.4519)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E259A #319A25

analogous

#53259A #8E259A #9A256C

triadic

#8E259A #9A8E25 #259A8E

tetradic

#8E259A #9A5325 #319A25 #256C9A

square

#8E259A #9A5325 #319A25 #256C9A

split-complementary

#8E259A #6C9A25 #259A53

monochromatic

#330D37 #611969 #8E259A #BB31CB #CD60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8E259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8E259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E259A

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E259A	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.193 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cb8',
    500: '#8e259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e259a;
$custom-light: #b36cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.846,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48021,
    "c": 0.19316,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E259A

secondary

#67BE5D

accent

#E44354

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E259A

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

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