#8E2D8D#8E2D8D

#8E2D8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.173 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D8D
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 52.61, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 62.04, 327.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1471 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.173 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9012, 9.5518, 26.1476)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D8D #2D8E2E

analogous

#5F2D8E #8E2D8D #8E2D5D

triadic

#8E2D8D #8D8E2D #2D8D8E

tetradic

#8E2D8D #8E5F2D #2D8E2E #2D5D8E

square

#8E2D8D #8E5F2D #2D8E2E #2D5D8E

split-complementary

#8E2D8D #5D8E2D #2D8E5F

monochromatic

#311031 #601E5F #8E2D8D #BC3CBB #CF67CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8E2D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8E2D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D8D

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D8D	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.173 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26faf',
    500: '#8e2d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d8d;
$custom-light: #b26faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.619,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47967,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D8D

secondary

#61B562

accent

#DB4E4C

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D8D

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

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