#8E2E8A#8E2E8A

#8E2E8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.169 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E8A
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 51.68, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 60.31, 328.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1458 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.169 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7196, 9.5410, 25.0008)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E8A #2E8E32

analogous

#622E8E #8E2E8A #8E2E5A

triadic

#8E2E8A #8A8E2E #2E8A8E

tetradic

#8E2E8A #8E622E #2E8E32 #2E5A8E

square

#8E2E8A #8E622E #2E8E32 #2E5A8E

split-complementary

#8E2E8A #5A8E2E #2E8E62

monochromatic

#321030 #601F5D #8E2E8A #BC3DB7 #CE68CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8E2E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8E2E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E8A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E8A	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)

#244F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.169 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fac',
    500: '#8e2e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e8a;
$custom-light: #b26fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.479,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E8A

secondary

#63B566

accent

#DB534D

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E8A

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

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