#8E2B97#8E2B97

#8E2B97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.184 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B97
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 55.17, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 67.29, 325.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1494 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.184 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6047, 9.7140, 30.2199)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B97 #34972B

analogous

#582B97 #8E2B97 #972B6A

triadic

#8E2B97 #978E2B #2B978E

tetradic

#8E2B97 #97582B #34972B #2B6A97

square

#8E2B97 #97582B #34972B #2B6A97

split-complementary

#8E2B97 #6A972B #2B9758

monochromatic

#341038 #611D67 #8E2B97 #BB39C7 #CB68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8E2B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8E2B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B97

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B97	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.184 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eb6',
    500: '#8e2b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b97;
$custom-light: #b26eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48366,
    "c": 0.18389,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B97

secondary

#6ABB63

accent

#DF4955

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B97

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

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