#8E2A87#8E2A87

#8E2A87 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.172 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A87
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 135)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, 52.74, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 60.86, 330.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.1501 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.172 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3564, 9.1572, 23.8230)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A87 #2A8E31

analogous

#632A8E #8E2A87 #8E2A55

triadic

#8E2A87 #878E2A #2A878E

tetradic

#8E2A87 #8E632A #2A8E31 #2A558E

square

#8E2A87 #8E632A #2A8E31 #2A558E

split-complementary

#8E2A87 #558E2A #2A8E63

monochromatic

#300E2D #5F1C5A #8E2A87 #BD38B4 #D162C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8E2A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8E2A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A87

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A87	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#943555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.172 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26daa',
    500: '#8e2a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a87;
$custom-light: #b26daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47327,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A87

secondary

#5DB664

accent

#DE544A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A87

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

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