#8E2D9D#8E2D9D

#8E2D9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.187 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2D9D
RGB	rgb(142, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.96, 55.52, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.96, 69.10, 323.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.1471 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.187 322)
XYZ	xyz(18.1789, 10.0629, 32.8765)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2D9D #3C9D2D

analogous

#562D9D #8E2D9D #9D2D74

triadic

#8E2D9D #9D8E2D #2D9D8E

tetradic

#8E2D9D #9D562D #3C9D2D #2D749D

square

#8E2D9D #9D562D #3C9D2D #2D749D

split-complementary

#8E2D9D #749D2D #2D9D56

monochromatic

#38123E #631F6D #8E2D9D #B63FC8 #C86FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#8E2D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8E2D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2D9D

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2D9D	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.187 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fba',
    500: '#8e2d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2d9d;
$custom-light: #b26fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.964,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48934,
    "c": 0.18667,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.10062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2D9D

secondary

#74BD69

accent

#DF495D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2D9D

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

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