#8E2BB5#8E2BB5

#8E2BB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.210 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2BB5
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 181)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 76.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 60.94, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 81.01, 318.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.1465 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.21 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3583, 10.8154, 44.7223)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2BB5 #52B52B

analogous

#492BB5 #8E2BB5 #B52B97

triadic

#8E2BB5 #B58E2B #2BB58E

tetradic

#8E2BB5 #B5492B #52B52B #2B97B5

square

#8E2BB5 #B5492B #52B52B #2B97B5

split-complementary

#8E2BB5 #97B52B #2BB549

monochromatic

#401452 #671F84 #8E2BB5 #AD49D4 #C37BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#8E2BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8E2BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2BB5

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2BB5	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.210 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36fcc',
    500: '#8e2bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2bb5;
$custom-light: #b36fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50369,
    "c": 0.21024,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2BB5

secondary

#8CC874

accent

#E54371

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2BB5

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

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