#8E2997#8E2997

#8E2997 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.186 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2997
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(295, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 55.91, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 68.13, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% 0.1514 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.186 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5337, 9.5721, 30.1962)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2997 #329729

analogous

#572997 #8E2997 #972969

triadic

#8E2997 #978E29 #29978E

tetradic

#8E2997 #975729 #329729 #296997

square

#8E2997 #975729 #329729 #296997

split-complementary

#8E2997 #699729 #299757

monochromatic

#330F37 #611C67 #8E2997 #BB36C7 #CC65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8E2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8E2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2997

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2997	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#044F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.186 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26db6',
    500: '#8e2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2997;
$custom-light: #b26db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.091,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4818,
    "c": 0.18624,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2997

secondary

#68BB61

accent

#E14754

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2997

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

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