#8E25AE#8E25AE

#8E25AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.210 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E25AE
RGBrgb(142, 37, 174)
HSLhsl(286, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(286, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(18.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(38.08, 61.59, -51.15)
CIE-LCHlch(38.08, 80.06, 320.29°)
OKLaboklab(49.37% 0.1528 -0.1442)
OKLCHoklch(49.37% 0.21 316.7)
XYZxyz(19.4557, 10.1307, 40.9668)
Luminance0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E25AE #45AE25
analogous
#4925AE #8E25AE #AE258A
triadic
#8E25AE #AE8E25 #25AE8E
tetradic
#8E25AE #AE4925 #45AE25 #258AAE
square
#8E25AE #AE4925 #45AE25 #258AAE
split-complementary
#8E25AE #8AAE25 #25AE49
monochromatic
#3C1049 #651A7C #8E25AE #B13BD5 #C56DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94
#8E25AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03
#8E25AE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E25AE
6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E25AE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E25AE1.006.943.036.94
#FFFFFF6.941.0021.001.00
#0000003.0321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.941.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0053B2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#255DAB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8C446A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e25ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.210 316.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cc7',
    500: '#8e25ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e25ae;
$custom-light: #b36cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e25ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.985,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49374,
    "c": 0.21006,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E25AE
secondary
#7EC668
accent
#E84067
background
#FBF6FC
surface
#F6ECF8
border
#D0C7D1
text
#120813
muted
#817A82

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#8E25AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva