#8E288D#8E288D

#8E288D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.179 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E288D
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 54.51, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 64.22, 328.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1525 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.179 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7216, 9.1927, 26.0878)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E288D #288E29

analogous

#5C288E #8E288D #8E285A

triadic

#8E288D #8D8E28 #288D8E

tetradic

#8E288D #8E5C28 #288E29 #285A8E

square

#8E288D #8E5C28 #288E29 #285A8E

split-complementary

#8E288D #5A8E28 #288E5C

monochromatic

#2F0D2E #5E1B5E #8E288D #BE35BC #D25FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8E288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8E288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E288D

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E288D	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)

#184D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.179 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26caf',
    500: '#8e288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e288d;
$custom-light: #b26caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.588,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47483,
    "c": 0.17912,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E288D

secondary

#5BB75B

accent

#DF4A48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E288D

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

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