#8E2889#8E2889

#8E2889 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.176 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2889
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 137)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, 53.83, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 62.54, 329.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.25% 0.1524 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(47.25% 0.176 330)
XYZ	xyz(16.4294, 9.0758, 24.5485)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2889 #288E2D

analogous

#60288E #8E2889 #8E2856

triadic

#8E2889 #898E28 #28898E

tetradic

#8E2889 #8E6028 #288E2D #28568E

square

#8E2889 #8E6028 #288E2D #28568E

split-complementary

#8E2889 #568E28 #288E60

monochromatic

#2F0D2D #5E1B5B #8E2889 #BE35B7 #D25FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#8E2889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8E2889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2889

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2889	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.176 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cac',
    500: '#8e2889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2889;
$custom-light: #b26cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.941,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47251,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.09075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2889

secondary

#5BB75F

accent

#DF5048

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2889

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

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