#8E2D97#8E2D97

#8E2D97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.181 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D97
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 151)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 70.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.60, 54.40, -38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.60, 66.41, 325.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.1473 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.181 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6792, 9.8630, 30.2447)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D97 #36972D

analogous

#592D97 #8E2D97 #972D6B

triadic

#8E2D97 #978E2D #2D978E

tetradic

#8E2D97 #97592D #36972D #2D6B97

square

#8E2D97 #97592D #36972D #2D6B97

split-complementary

#8E2D97 #6B972D #2D9759

monochromatic

#351139 #621F68 #8E2D97 #B93CC5 #CA6BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#8E2D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8E2D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D97

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D97	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11519A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.181 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fb6',
    500: '#8e2d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d97;
$custom-light: #b26fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.906,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48561,
    "c": 0.18144,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D97

secondary

#6DBA66

accent

#DD4A57

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D97

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

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