#8E2A97#8E2A97

#8E2A97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.185 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A97
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 55.54, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 67.71, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1504 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.185 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5687, 9.6422, 30.2079)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A97 #33972A

analogous

#572A97 #8E2A97 #972A69

triadic

#8E2A97 #978E2A #2A978E

tetradic

#8E2A97 #97572A #33972A #2A6997

square

#8E2A97 #97572A #33972A #2A6997

split-complementary

#8E2A97 #69972A #2A9757

monochromatic

#340F37 #611D67 #8E2A97 #BB37C7 #CC67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#8E2A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8E2A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A97

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A97	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.185 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eb6',
    500: '#8e2a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a97;
$custom-light: #b26eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.046,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48272,
    "c": 0.18507,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A97

secondary

#69BB62

accent

#E04855

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A97

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

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