#8E2B9D#8E2B9D

#8E2B9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.189 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B9D
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 56.27, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 69.97, 323.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.1492 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.189 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1044, 9.9139, 32.8517)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B9D #3A9D2B

analogous

#552B9D #8E2B9D #9D2B73

triadic

#8E2B9D #9D8E2B #2B9D8E

tetradic

#8E2B9D #9D552B #3A9D2B #2B739D

square

#8E2B9D #9D552B #3A9D2B #2B739D

split-complementary

#8E2B9D #739D2B #2B9D55

monochromatic

#37113D #631E6D #8E2B9D #B73CCA #C96CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#8E2B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8E2B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B9D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B9D	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.189 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36eba',
    500: '#8e2b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b9d;
$custom-light: #b36eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.105,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48743,
    "c": 0.18905,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B9D

secondary

#72BD66

accent

#E0485C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B9D

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

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