#8E2C99#8E2C99

#8E2C99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.184 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C99
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 55.16, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 67.74, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1483 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.184 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8053, 9.8531, 31.0948)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C99 #37992C

analogous

#572C99 #8E2C99 #992C6D

triadic

#8E2C99 #998E2C #2C998E

tetradic

#8E2C99 #99572C #37992C #2C6D99

square

#8E2C99 #99572C #37992C #2C6D99

split-complementary

#8E2C99 #6D992C #2C9957

monochromatic

#36113A #621E69 #8E2C99 #B93BC7 #CA6BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8E2C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8E2C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C99

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C99	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08519C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.184 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fb7',
    500: '#8e2c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c99;
$custom-light: #b26fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.945,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48586,
    "c": 0.1844,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C99

secondary

#6EBB66

accent

#DF4958

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C99

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

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