#8E2791#8E2791

#8E2791 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.184 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2791
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 145)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 73.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, 55.56, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 66.34, 326.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% 0.1535 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.184 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9914, 9.2473, 27.6725)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2791 #2A9127

analogous

#592791 #8E2791 #91275F

triadic

#8E2791 #918E27 #27918E

tetradic

#8E2791 #915927 #2A9127 #275F91

square

#8E2791 #915927 #2A9127 #275F91

split-complementary

#8E2791 #5F9127 #279159

monochromatic

#300D31 #5F1A61 #8E2791 #BD34C1 #D15FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8E2791 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8E2791 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2791

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2791	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2791	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4D94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92385A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2791;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.184 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cb2',
    500: '#8e2791',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2791;
$custom-light: #b26cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2791",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.302,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47631,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2791

secondary

#5DB95B

accent

#E1474B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2791

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

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