#8E2B9B#8E2B9B

#8E2B9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.187 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B9B
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 55.90, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 69.07, 324.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% 0.1492 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.187 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9350, 9.8461, 31.9598)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B9B #389B2B

analogous

#562B9B #8E2B9B #9B2B70

triadic

#8E2B9B #9B8E2B #2B9B8E

tetradic

#8E2B9B #9B562B #389B2B #2B709B

square

#8E2B9B #9B562B #389B2B #2B709B

split-complementary

#8E2B9B #709B2B #2B9B56

monochromatic

#36103B #621E6B #8E2B9B #B83BC9 #C96BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8E2B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8E2B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B9B

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B9B	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.187 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eb9',
    500: '#8e2b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b9b;
$custom-light: #b26eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.036,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48616,
    "c": 0.18731,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B9B

secondary

#6FBC65

accent

#E0485A

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B9B

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

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