#8E2C8D#8E2C8D

#8E2C8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.174 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C8D
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 53.00, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 62.49, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1482 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.174 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8635, 9.4764, 26.1351)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C8D #2C8E2D

analogous

#5E2C8E #8E2C8D #8E2C5C

triadic

#8E2C8D #8D8E2C #2C8D8E

tetradic

#8E2C8D #8E5E2C #2C8E2D #2C5C8E

square

#8E2C8D #8E5E2C #2C8E2D #2C5C8E

split-complementary

#8E2C8D #5C8E2C #2C8E5E

monochromatic

#310F30 #5F1E5F #8E2C8D #BD3ABB #CF65CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8E2C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8E2C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C8D

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C8D	1.00	7.25	2.89	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.174 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26eaf',
    500: '#8e2c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c8d;
$custom-light: #b26eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.612,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47866,
    "c": 0.17421,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C8D

secondary

#60B661

accent

#DC4D4C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C8D

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

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