#8E2B8E#8E2B8E

#8E2B8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.176 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B8E
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 53.56, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 63.36, 327.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1494 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.176 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9015, 9.4327, 26.5164)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B8E #2B8E2B

analogous

#5D2B8E #8E2B8E #8E2B5D

triadic

#8E2B8E #8E8E2B #2B8E8E

tetradic

#8E2B8E #8E5D2B #2B8E2B #2B5D8E

square

#8E2B8E #8E5D2B #2B8E2B #2B5D8E

split-complementary

#8E2B8E #5D8E2B #2B8E5D

monochromatic

#300F30 #5F1D5F #8E2B8E #BD39BD #D063D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#8E2B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8E2B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B8E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B8E	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#923959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.176 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eaf',
    500: '#8e2b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b8e;
$custom-light: #b26eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47826,
    "c": 0.1763,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B8E

secondary

#5FB65F

accent

#DD4B4B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B8E

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

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