#8E299A#8E299A

#8E299A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.189 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E299A
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(294, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(294, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 56.46, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 69.46, 324.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1513 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.189 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7805, 9.6708, 31.4957)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E299A #359A29

analogous

#55299A #8E299A #9A296D

triadic

#8E299A #9A8E29 #299A8E

tetradic

#8E299A #9A5529 #359A29 #296D9A

square

#8E299A #9A5529 #359A29 #296D9A

split-complementary

#8E299A #6D9A29 #299A55

monochromatic

#350F39 #611C6A #8E299A #BA37CA #CB67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#8E299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8E299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E299A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E299A	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.189 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36db8',
    500: '#8e299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e299a;
$custom-light: #b36db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.628,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48368,
    "c": 0.18878,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E299A

secondary

#6CBD62

accent

#E14757

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E299A

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

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