#8E268E#8E268E

#8E268E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.182 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E268E
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, 55.39, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 65.46, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.1545 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.182 328)
XYZ	xyz(16.7307, 9.0912, 26.4595)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E268E #268E26

analogous

#5A268E #8E268E #8E265A

triadic

#8E268E #8E8E26 #268E8E

tetradic

#8E268E #8E5A26 #268E26 #265A8E

square

#8E268E #8E5A26 #268E26 #265A8E

split-complementary

#8E268E #5A8E26 #268E5A

monochromatic

#2D0C2D #5E195E #8E268E #BE33BE #D35BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#8E268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8E268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E268E

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E268E	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.182 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26baf',
    500: '#8e268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e268e;
$custom-light: #b26baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47363,
    "c": 0.18224,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.0909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E268E

secondary

#58B858

accent

#E14747

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E268E

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

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