#8E2B99#8E2B99

#8E2B99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.186 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B99
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, 55.53, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 68.18, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.49% 0.1493 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(48.49% 0.186 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7685, 9.7795, 31.0825)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B99 #36992B

analogous

#572B99 #8E2B99 #992B6D

triadic

#8E2B99 #998E2B #2B998E

tetradic

#8E2B99 #99572B #36992B #2B6D99

square

#8E2B99 #99572B #36992B #2B6D99

split-complementary

#8E2B99 #6D992B #2B9957

monochromatic

#351039 #621E69 #8E2B99 #B93AC8 #CA69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#8E2B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8E2B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B99

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B99	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04519C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.186 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eb7',
    500: '#8e2b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b99;
$custom-light: #b26eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48491,
    "c": 0.1856,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B99

secondary

#6DBC64

accent

#DF4857

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B99

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

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