#8E2CA7#8E2CA7

#8E2CA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.197 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2CA7
RGB	rgb(142, 44, 167)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 73.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 57.80, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 74.10, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.1474 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.197 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0301, 10.3431, 37.5457)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2CA7 #45A72C

analogous

#512CA7 #8E2CA7 #A72C83

triadic

#8E2CA7 #A78E2C #2CA78E

tetradic

#8E2CA7 #A7512C #45A72C #2C83A7

square

#8E2CA7 #A7512C #45A72C #2C83A7

split-complementary

#8E2CA7 #83A72C #2CA751

monochromatic

#3C1246 #651F77 #8E2CA7 #B143CD #C573DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#8E2CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8E2CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2CA7

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2CA7	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 44, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.197 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36fc2',
    500: '#8e2ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2ca7;
$custom-light: #b36fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.805,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4949,
    "c": 0.19667,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2CA7

secondary

#7EC26D

accent

#E24666

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2CA7

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

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