#8E2E87#8E2E87

#8E2E87 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.167 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E87
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(304, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(304, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 51.17, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 59.05, 330.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1456 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.167 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5054, 9.4553, 23.8727)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E87 #2E8E35

analogous

#652E8E #8E2E87 #8E2E57

triadic

#8E2E87 #878E2E #2E878E

tetradic

#8E2E87 #8E652E #2E8E35 #2E578E

square

#8E2E87 #8E652E #2E8E35 #2E578E

split-complementary

#8E2E87 #578E2E #2E8E65

monochromatic

#32102F #601F5B #8E2E87 #BC3DB3 #CE68C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#8E2E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8E2E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E87

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E87	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#274E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#943856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.167 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26faa',
    500: '#8e2e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e87;
$custom-light: #b26faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.375,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47733,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E87

secondary

#63B569

accent

#DB584D

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E87

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

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