#8E279A#8E279A

#8E279A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.191 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E279A
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(294, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 57.16, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 70.27, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1532 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.191 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7130, 9.5360, 31.4732)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E279A #339A27

analogous

#54279A #8E279A #9A276C

triadic

#8E279A #9A8E27 #279A8E

tetradic

#8E279A #9A5427 #339A27 #276C9A

square

#8E279A #9A5427 #339A27 #276C9A

split-complementary

#8E279A #6C9A27 #279A54

monochromatic

#340E38 #611B69 #8E279A #BB33CB #CC64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8E279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8E279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E279A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E279A	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.191 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cb8',
    500: '#8e279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e279a;
$custom-light: #b36cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.739,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48191,
    "c": 0.19102,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E279A

secondary

#69BD5F

accent

#E34556

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E279A

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

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