#8E2E97#8E2E97

#8E2E97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.180 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E97
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 54.01, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 65.96, 324.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.1462 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.18 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7178, 9.9402, 30.2576)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E97 #37972E

analogous

#592E97 #8E2E97 #972E6B

triadic

#8E2E97 #978E2E #2E978E

tetradic

#8E2E97 #97592E #37972E #2E6B97

square

#8E2E97 #97592E #37972E #2E6B97

split-complementary

#8E2E97 #6B972E #2E9759

monochromatic

#361139 #622068 #8E2E97 #B93EC4 #CA6DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8E2E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8E2E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E97

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E97	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)

#13519A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.180 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fb6',
    500: '#8e2e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e97;
$custom-light: #b26fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48661,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E97

secondary

#6EBA67

accent

#DD4B58

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E97

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

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