#8E259C#8E259C

#8E259C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.195 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E259C
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, 58.21, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 71.93, 324.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1549 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.195 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8171, 9.4753, 32.3365)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E259C #339C25

analogous

#52259C #8E259C #9C256E

triadic

#8E259C #9C8E25 #259C8E

tetradic

#8E259C #9C5225 #339C25 #256E9C

square

#8E259C #9C5225 #339C25 #256E9C

split-complementary

#8E259C #6E9C25 #259C52

monochromatic

#340E39 #61196B #8E259C #BB31CD #CC62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8E259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8E259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E259C

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E259C	1.00	7.25	2.89	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.195 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cba',
    500: '#8e259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e259c;
$custom-light: #b36cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48151,
    "c": 0.19482,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E259C

secondary

#69BF5E

accent

#E54356

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E259C

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

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