#8E2C8A#8E2C8A

#8E2C8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.172 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C8A
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 52.48, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 61.22, 329.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1481 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.172 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6433, 9.3883, 24.9754)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C8A #2C8E30

analogous

#612C8E #8E2C8A #8E2C59

triadic

#8E2C8A #8A8E2C #2C8A8E

tetradic

#8E2C8A #8E612C #2C8E30 #2C598E

square

#8E2C8A #8E612C #2C8E30 #2C598E

split-complementary

#8E2C8A #598E2C #2C8E61

monochromatic

#310F2F #5F1E5D #8E2C8A #BD3AB7 #CF65CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8E2C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8E2C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C8A

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C8A	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.172 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eac',
    500: '#8e2c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c8a;
$custom-light: #b26eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.449,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47695,
    "c": 0.17173,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C8A

secondary

#60B664

accent

#DC524C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C8A

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

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