#8E299C#8E299C

#8E299C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.190 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E299C
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(293, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 56.82, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 70.35, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.1512 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.19 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9484, 9.7380, 32.3803)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E299C #379C29

analogous

#54299C #8E299C #9C2970

triadic

#8E299C #9C8E29 #299C8E

tetradic

#8E299C #9C5429 #379C29 #29709C

square

#8E299C #9C5429 #379C29 #29709C

split-complementary

#8E299C #709C29 #299C54

monochromatic

#36103B #621C6C #8E299C #B938CB #CA68D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8E299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8E299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E299C

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E299C	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.190 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dba',
    500: '#8e299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e299c;
$custom-light: #b36dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.696,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48495,
    "c": 0.19048,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E299C

secondary

#6EBE63

accent

#E24659

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E299C

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

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