#8E277D#8E277D

#8E277D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.168 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E277D
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(310, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(310, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.37, 52.24, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.37, 58.18, 333.89°)
OKLab	oklab(46.5% 0.1526 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(46.5% 0.168 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5827, 8.6839, 20.2535)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E277D #278E38

analogous

#6B278E #8E277D #8E2749

triadic

#8E277D #7D8E27 #277D8E

tetradic

#8E277D #8E6B27 #278E38 #27498E

square

#8E277D #8E6B27 #278E38 #27498E

split-complementary

#8E277D #498E27 #278E6B

monochromatic

#2E0D28 #5E1A53 #8E277D #BE34A7 #D25DBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#8E277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8E277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E277D

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E277D	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27497F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B597B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.168 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ba3',
    500: '#8e277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e277d;
$custom-light: #b26ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.903,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46496,
    "c": 0.16782,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E277D

secondary

#59B869

accent

#E06148

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E277D

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

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