#8E2E8D#8E2E8D

#8E2E8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.172 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E8D
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 52.21, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 61.58, 327.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.146 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.172 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9398, 9.6290, 26.1605)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E8D #2E8E2F

analogous

#5F2E8E #8E2E8D #8E2E5D

triadic

#8E2E8D #8D8E2E #2E8D8E

tetradic

#8E2E8D #8E5F2E #2E8E2F #2E5D8E

square

#8E2E8D #8E5F2E #2E8E2F #2E5D8E

split-complementary

#8E2E8D #5D8E2E #2E8E5F

monochromatic

#321031 #601F5F #8E2E8D #BC3DBB #CE68CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8E2E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8E2E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E8D

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E8D	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.172 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26faf',
    500: '#8e2e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e8d;
$custom-light: #b26faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.625,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4807,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E8D

secondary

#63B564

accent

#DB4F4D

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E8D

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

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