#8E2D99#8E2D99

#8E2D99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.183 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D99
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 54.77, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 67.30, 324.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.1472 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.183 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8430, 9.9285, 31.1074)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D99 #38992D

analogous

#582D99 #8E2D99 #992D6E

triadic

#8E2D99 #998E2D #2D998E

tetradic

#8E2D99 #99582D #38992D #2D6E99

square

#8E2D99 #99582D #38992D #2D6E99

split-complementary

#8E2D99 #6E992D #2D9958

monochromatic

#36113A #621F6A #8E2D99 #B83DC6 #C96CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8E2D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8E2D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D99

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D99	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C519C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.183 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fb7',
    500: '#8e2d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d99;
$custom-light: #b26fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.889,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48684,
    "c": 0.18317,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D99

secondary

#6FBB67

accent

#DE4A59

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D99

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

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