#8E2B8A#8E2B8A

#8E2B8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.173 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B8A
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 52.87, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 61.67, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1492 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.173 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6065, 9.3147, 24.9631)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B8A #2B8E2F

analogous

#612B8E #8E2B8A #8E2B59

triadic

#8E2B8A #8A8E2B #2B8A8E

tetradic

#8E2B8A #8E612B #2B8E2F #2B598E

square

#8E2B8A #8E612B #2B8E2F #2B598E

split-complementary

#8E2B8A #598E2B #2B8E61

monochromatic

#300F2F #5F1D5C #8E2B8A #BD39B8 #D063CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#8E2B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8E2B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B8A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B8A	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.173 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dac',
    500: '#8e2b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b8a;
$custom-light: #b26dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.424,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47595,
    "c": 0.173,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B8A

secondary

#5FB662

accent

#DD514B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B8A

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

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