#8E2B8D#8E2B8D

#8E2B8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.175 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B8D
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 53.39, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 62.94, 328.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1493 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.175 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8267, 9.4028, 26.1228)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B8D #2B8E2C

analogous

#5E2B8E #8E2B8D #8E2B5C

triadic

#8E2B8D #8D8E2B #2B8D8E

tetradic

#8E2B8D #8E5E2B #2B8E2C #2B5C8E

square

#8E2B8D #8E5E2B #2B8E2C #2B5C8E

split-complementary

#8E2B8D #5C8E2B #2B8E5E

monochromatic

#300F30 #5F1D5E #8E2B8D #BD39BC #D063CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8E2B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8E2B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B8D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B8D	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.175 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eaf',
    500: '#8e2b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b8d;
$custom-light: #b26eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.606,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47767,
    "c": 0.17547,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B8D

secondary

#5FB660

accent

#DD4C4B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B8D

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

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