#8E2CA4#8E2CA4

#8E2CA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.194 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2CA4
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, 57.23, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 72.72, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% 0.1477 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.194 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7560, 10.2334, 36.1021)
Luminance	0.1023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2CA4 #42A42C

analogous

#522CA4 #8E2CA4 #A42C7E

triadic

#8E2CA4 #A48E2C #2CA48E

tetradic

#8E2CA4 #A4522C #42A42C #2C7EA4

square

#8E2CA4 #A4522C #42A42C #2C7EA4

split-complementary

#8E2CA4 #7EA42C #2CA452

monochromatic

#3A1243 #641F74 #8E2CA4 #B341CC #C671D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#8E2CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#8E2CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2CA4

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2CA4	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.194 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36fc0',
    500: '#8e2ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2ca4;
$custom-light: #b36fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49291,
    "c": 0.19402,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2CA4

secondary

#7BC06B

accent

#E14763

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2CA4

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

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