#8E2D8B#8E2D8B

#8E2D8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.171 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D8B
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(302, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 52.26, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 61.19, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.147 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.171 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7538, 9.4928, 25.3710)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D8B #2D8E30

analogous

#612D8E #8E2D8B #8E2D5B

triadic

#8E2D8B #8B8E2D #2D8B8E

tetradic

#8E2D8B #8E612D #2D8E30 #2D5B8E

square

#8E2D8B #8E612D #2D8E30 #2D5B8E

split-complementary

#8E2D8B #5B8E2D #2D8E61

monochromatic

#311030 #601E5E #8E2D8B #BC3CB8 #CF67CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8E2D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8E2D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D8B

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D8B	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.171 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ead',
    500: '#8e2d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d8b;
$custom-light: #b26ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.856,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47853,
    "c": 0.17127,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D8B

secondary

#61B564

accent

#DB514C

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D8B

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

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