#8E2A9C#8E2A9C

#8E2A9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.189 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A9C
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 56.46, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 69.94, 323.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1502 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.189 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9834, 9.8080, 32.3920)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A9C #389C2A

analogous

#552A9C #8E2A9C #9C2A71

triadic

#8E2A9C #9C8E2A #2A9C8E

tetradic

#8E2A9C #9C552A #389C2A #2A719C

square

#8E2A9C #9C552A #389C2A #2A719C

split-complementary

#8E2A9C #719C2A #2A9C55

monochromatic

#36103C #621D6C #8E2A9C #B839CA #C96AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8E2A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8E2A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A9C

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A9C	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.189 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36eba',
    500: '#8e2a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a9c;
$custom-light: #b36eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.632,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48586,
    "c": 0.18935,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A9C

secondary

#6FBD65

accent

#E1475A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A9C

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

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