#8E2C9D#8E2C9D

#8E2C9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.188 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2C9D
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 55.90, -41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 69.54, 323.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% 0.1481 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.188 322)
XYZ	xyz(18.1412, 9.9875, 32.8640)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2C9D #3B9D2C

analogous

#552C9D #8E2C9D #9D2C74

triadic

#8E2C9D #9D8E2C #2C9D8E

tetradic

#8E2C9D #9D552C #3B9D2C #2C749D

square

#8E2C9D #9D552C #3B9D2C #2C749D

split-complementary

#8E2C9D #749D2C #2C9D55

monochromatic

#38113D #631F6D #8E2C9D #B63DC9 #C86DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8E2C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E2C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2C9D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2C9D	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)

#0052A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.188 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fba',
    500: '#8e2c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2c9d;
$custom-light: #b26fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.035,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48838,
    "c": 0.18787,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.09986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2C9D

secondary

#73BD68

accent

#E0485C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2C9D

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

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