#8E2A85#8E2A85

#8E2A85 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.170 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A85
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.18, 52.41, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.18, 60.04, 330.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.22% 0.15 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(47.22% 0.17 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2169, 9.1014, 23.0884)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A85 #2A8E33

analogous

#652A8E #8E2A85 #8E2A53

triadic

#8E2A85 #858E2A #2A858E

tetradic

#8E2A85 #8E652A #2A8E33 #2A538E

square

#8E2A85 #8E652A #2A8E33 #2A538E

split-complementary

#8E2A85 #538E2A #2A8E65

monochromatic

#300E2D #5F1C59 #8E2A85 #BD38B1 #D162C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#8E2A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8E2A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A85

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A85	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#943454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.170 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26da9',
    500: '#8e2a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a85;
$custom-light: #b26da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47216,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A85

secondary

#5DB665

accent

#DE574A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A85

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

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