#8E2A8A#8E2A8A

#8E2A8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.174 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A8A
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 53.25, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 62.11, 329.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.1503 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.174 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5706, 9.2429, 24.9511)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A8A #2A8E2E

analogous

#602A8E #8E2A8A #8E2A58

triadic

#8E2A8A #8A8E2A #2A8A8E

tetradic

#8E2A8A #8E602A #2A8E2E #2A588E

square

#8E2A8A #8E602A #2A8E2E #2A588E

split-complementary

#8E2A8A #588E2A #2A8E60

monochromatic

#300E2E #5F1C5C #8E2A8A #BD38B8 #D162CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8E2A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8E2A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A8A

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A8A	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.174 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dac',
    500: '#8e2a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a8a;
$custom-light: #b26dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47497,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A8A

secondary

#5DB661

accent

#DE504A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A8A

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

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