#8E2A9D#8E2A9D

#8E2A9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.190 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A9D
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 56.64, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 70.39, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1502 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.19 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0685, 9.8421, 32.8397)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A9D #399D2A

analogous

#552A9D #8E2A9D #9D2A73

triadic

#8E2A9D #9D8E2A #2A9D8E

tetradic

#8E2A9D #9D552A #399D2A #2A739D

square

#8E2A9D #9D552A #399D2A #2A739D

split-complementary

#8E2A9D #739D2A #2A9D55

monochromatic

#37103C #621D6D #8E2A9D #B73ACA #C96AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8E2A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8E2A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A9D

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A9D	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.190 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36eba',
    500: '#8e2a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a9d;
$custom-light: #b36eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4865,
    "c": 0.1902,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A9D

secondary

#71BE65

accent

#E1475B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A9D

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

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