#8E2A8D#8E2A8D

#8E2A8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.177 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A8D
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 53.77, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 63.37, 328.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.1504 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.177 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7908, 9.3310, 26.1108)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A8D #2A8E2B

analogous

#5D2A8E #8E2A8D #8E2A5B

triadic

#8E2A8D #8D8E2A #2A8D8E

tetradic

#8E2A8D #8E5D2A #2A8E2B #2A5B8E

square

#8E2A8D #8E5D2A #2A8E2B #2A5B8E

split-complementary

#8E2A8D #5B8E2A #2A8E5D

monochromatic

#300E2F #5F1C5E #8E2A8D #BD38BC #D162CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8E2A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8E2A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A8D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A8D	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.177 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26daf',
    500: '#8e2a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a8d;
$custom-light: #b26daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47671,
    "c": 0.1767,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A8D

secondary

#5DB65E

accent

#DE4C4A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A8D

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

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