#8E259E#8E259E

#8E259E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.197 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E259E
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(292, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 58.57, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 72.82, 323.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.1548 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.197 322)
XYZ	xyz(17.9878, 9.5436, 33.2358)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E259E #359E25

analogous

#51259E #8E259E #9E2571

triadic

#8E259E #9E8E25 #259E8E

tetradic

#8E259E #9E5125 #359E25 #25719E

square

#8E259E #9E5125 #359E25 #25719E

split-complementary

#8E259E #719E25 #259E51

monochromatic

#350E3B #61196C #8E259E #BA31CF #CB63DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8E259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8E259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E259E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E259E	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.197 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cbb',
    500: '#8e259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e259e;
$custom-light: #b36cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.066,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48281,
    "c": 0.1965,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.09543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E259E

secondary

#6CC05F

accent

#E54358

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E259E

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

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