#8E299B#8E299B

#8E299B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.190 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E299B
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 56.64, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 69.91, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.1512 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.19 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8641, 9.7043, 31.9362)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E299B #369B29

analogous

#55299B #8E299B #9B296F

triadic

#8E299B #9B8E29 #299B8E

tetradic

#8E299B #9B5529 #369B29 #296F9B

square

#8E299B #9B5529 #369B29 #296F9B

split-complementary

#8E299B #6F9B29 #299B55

monochromatic

#350F3A #621C6B #8E299B #B937CA #CA67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8E299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8E299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E299B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E299B	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.190 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36db9',
    500: '#8e299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e299b;
$custom-light: #b36db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.158,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48432,
    "c": 0.18963,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E299B

secondary

#6DBD63

accent

#E14658

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E299B

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

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