#8E2E99#8E2E99

#8E2E99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.182 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2E99
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(294, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 54.38, -38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 66.85, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% 0.1462 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.182 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8816, 10.0057, 31.1203)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2E99 #39992E

analogous

#592E99 #8E2E99 #992E6F

triadic

#8E2E99 #998E2E #2E998E

tetradic

#8E2E99 #99592E #39992E #2E6F99

square

#8E2E99 #99592E #39992E #2E6F99

split-complementary

#8E2E99 #6F992E #2E9959

monochromatic

#37123B #62206A #8E2E99 #B73FC5 #C96ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8E2E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E2E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E99

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2E99	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F529C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.182 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fb7',
    500: '#8e2e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2e99;
$custom-light: #b26fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.832,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48784,
    "c": 0.18193,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2E99

secondary

#71BB68

accent

#DD4B5A

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2E99

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

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