#8E2B9F#8E2B9F

#8E2B9F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.191 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B9F
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 56.65, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 70.87, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.149 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.191 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2765, 9.9827, 33.7583)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B9F #3C9F2B

analogous

#542B9F #8E2B9F #9F2B76

triadic

#8E2B9F #9F8E2B #2B9F8E

tetradic

#8E2B9F #9F542B #3C9F2B #2B769F

square

#8E2B9F #9F542B #3C9F2B #2B769F

split-complementary

#8E2B9F #769F2B #2B9F54

monochromatic

#38113F #631E6F #8E2B9F #B63DCA #C86DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8E2B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E2B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B9F

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B9F	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.191 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ebc',
    500: '#8e2b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b9f;
$custom-light: #b36ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.207,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48871,
    "c": 0.19078,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B9F

secondary

#74BE67

accent

#E1475E

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B9F

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

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