#8E2EA1#8E2EA1

#8E2EA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.189 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2EA1
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, 55.89, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 70.48, 322.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% 0.1459 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.189 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5646, 10.2789, 34.7175)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2EA1 #41A12E

analogous

#542EA1 #8E2EA1 #A12E7A

triadic

#8E2EA1 #A18E2E #2EA18E

tetradic

#8E2EA1 #A1542E #41A12E #2E7AA1

square

#8E2EA1 #A1542E #41A12E #2E7AA1

split-complementary

#8E2EA1 #7AA12E #2EA154

monochromatic

#3A1342 #642071 #8E2EA1 #B343C9 #C673D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#8E2EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8E2EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2EA1

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2EA1	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.189 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b370bd',
    500: '#8e2ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2ea1;
$custom-light: #b370bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.087,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49288,
    "c": 0.18899,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2EA1

secondary

#7ABE6C

accent

#DF4962

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2EA1

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

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