#8E278F#8E278F

#8E278F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.182 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E278F
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 143)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 55.21, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 65.48, 327.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.1535 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.182 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8385, 9.1862, 26.8675)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E278F #288F27

analogous

#5A278F #8E278F #8F275C

triadic

#8E278F #8F8E27 #278F8E

tetradic

#8E278F #8F5A27 #288F27 #275C8F

square

#8E278F #8F5A27 #288F27 #275C8F

split-complementary

#8E278F #5C8F27 #278F5A

monochromatic

#2F0D2F #5E1A5F #8E278F #BE34BF #D25DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8E278F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8E278F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E278F

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E278F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E278F	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#923759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e278f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.182 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cb0',
    500: '#8e278f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e278f;
$custom-light: #b26cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e278f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.423,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47511,
    "c": 0.18191,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E278F

secondary

#5BB85A

accent

#E04749

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E278F

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

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