#8E268D#8E268D

#8E268D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.181 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E268D
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.10, 55.22, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.10, 65.04, 328.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% 0.1545 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.181 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6560, 9.0613, 26.0659)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E268D #268E27

analogous

#5B268E #8E268D #8E2659

triadic

#8E268D #8D8E26 #268D8E

tetradic

#8E268D #8E5B26 #268E27 #26598E

square

#8E268D #8E5B26 #268E27 #26598E

split-complementary

#8E268D #598E26 #268E5B

monochromatic

#2D0C2D #5E195D #8E268D #BE33BD #D35BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#8E268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8E268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E268D

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E268D	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.181 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26baf',
    500: '#8e268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e268d;
$custom-light: #b26baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.577,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47303,
    "c": 0.18144,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E268D

secondary

#58B859

accent

#E14847

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E268D

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

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