#8E288F#8E288F

#8E288F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.181 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E288F
RGB	rgb(142, 40, 143)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 72%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.47, 54.85, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.47, 65.07, 327.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1525 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.181 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8718, 9.2527, 26.8786)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E288F #298F28

analogous

#5A288F #8E288F #8F285C

triadic

#8E288F #8F8E28 #288F8E

tetradic

#8E288F #8F5A28 #298F28 #285C8F

square

#8E288F #8F5A28 #298F28 #285C8F

split-complementary

#8E288F #5C8F28 #288F5A

monochromatic

#2F0D2F #5F1B5F #8E288F #BD35BF #D15FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8E288F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8E288F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E288F

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E288F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E288F	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)

#154D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#923859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e288f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 40, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.181 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cb0',
    500: '#8e288f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e288f;
$custom-light: #b26cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e288f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.417,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47601,
    "c": 0.18076,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E288F

secondary

#5CB85B

accent

#E0484A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E288F

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

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