#8E2B9E#8E2B9E

#8E2B9E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.190 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B9E
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 56.46, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 70.42, 323.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% 0.1491 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.19 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1901, 9.9482, 33.3032)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B9E #3B9E2B

analogous

#552B9E #8E2B9E #9E2B75

triadic

#8E2B9E #9E8E2B #2B9E8E

tetradic

#8E2B9E #9E552B #3B9E2B #2B759E

square

#8E2B9E #9E552B #3B9E2B #2B759E

split-complementary

#8E2B9E #759E2B #2B9E55

monochromatic

#38113E #631E6E #8E2B9E #B63CCA #C86CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8E2B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8E2B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B9E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B9E	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.190 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ebb',
    500: '#8e2b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b9e;
$custom-light: #b36ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.652,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48807,
    "c": 0.18991,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B9E

secondary

#73BE67

accent

#E0475D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B9E

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

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