#8E259B#8E259B

#8E259B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.194 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E259B
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 58.03, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 71.49, 324.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% 0.155 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.194 323)
XYZ	xyz(17.7327, 9.4415, 31.8924)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E259B #329B25

analogous

#53259B #8E259B #9B256D

triadic

#8E259B #9B8E25 #259B8E

tetradic

#8E259B #9B5325 #329B25 #256D9B

square

#8E259B #9B5325 #329B25 #256D9B

split-complementary

#8E259B #6D9B25 #259B53

monochromatic

#330D38 #61196A #8E259B #BB31CC #CC61D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8E259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8E259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E259B

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E259B	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.194 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cb9',
    500: '#8e259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e259b;
$custom-light: #b36cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.39,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48086,
    "c": 0.19399,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.0944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E259B

secondary

#68BF5D

accent

#E54355

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E259B

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

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