#8E277E#8E277E

#8E277E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.169 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E277E
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(309, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, 52.40, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 58.56, 333.48°)
OKLab	oklab(46.55% 0.1527 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(46.55% 0.169 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6469, 8.7095, 20.5916)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E277E #278E37

analogous

#6A278E #8E277E #8E274B

triadic

#8E277E #7E8E27 #277E8E

tetradic

#8E277E #8E6A27 #278E37 #274B8E

square

#8E277E #8E6A27 #278E37 #274B8E

split-complementary

#8E277E #4B8E27 #278E6A

monochromatic

#2E0D29 #5E1A53 #8E277E #BE34A9 #D25DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#8E277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8E277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E277E

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E277E	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#264A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A597C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.169 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ba3',
    500: '#8e277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e277e;
$custom-light: #b26ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.32,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46549,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E277E

secondary

#59B868

accent

#E05F48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E277E

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

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