#8E2696#8E2696

#8E2696 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.189 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2696
RGB	rgb(142, 38, 150)
HSL	hsl(296, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(296, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, 56.79, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 68.90, 325.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1544 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.189 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3530, 9.3401, 29.7371)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2696 #2E9626

analogous

#562696 #8E2696 #962666

triadic

#8E2696 #968E26 #26968E

tetradic

#8E2696 #965626 #2E9626 #266696

square

#8E2696 #965626 #2E9626 #266696

split-complementary

#8E2696 #669626 #269656

monochromatic

#320D34 #601A65 #8E2696 #BC32C7 #CE60D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#8E2696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8E2696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2696

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2696	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 38, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.189 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cb5',
    500: '#8e2696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2696;
$custom-light: #b36cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47852,
    "c": 0.18878,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2696

secondary

#63BC5C

accent

#E34550

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2696

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

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