#8E288B#8E288B

#8E288B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.177 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E288B
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, 54.17, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 63.38, 328.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% 0.1525 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.178 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5742, 9.1337, 25.3111)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E288B #288E2B

analogous

#5E288E #8E288B #8E2858

triadic

#8E288B #8B8E28 #288B8E

tetradic

#8E288B #8E5E28 #288E2B #28588E

square

#8E288B #8E5E28 #288E2B #28588E

split-complementary

#8E288B #588E28 #288E5E

monochromatic

#2F0D2E #5E1B5C #8E288B #BE35BA #D25FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#8E288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8E288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E288B

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E288B	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.177 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cad',
    500: '#8e288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e288b;
$custom-light: #b26cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.765,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47366,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E288B

secondary

#5BB75D

accent

#DF4D48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E288B

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

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