#8E2EA7#8E2EA7

#8E2EA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.194 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2EA7
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.72, 57.05, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.72, 73.24, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.1454 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.194 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1064, 10.4957, 37.5712)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2EA7 #47A72E

analogous

#512EA7 #8E2EA7 #A72E84

triadic

#8E2EA7 #A78E2E #2EA78E

tetradic

#8E2EA7 #A7512E #47A72E #2E84A7

square

#8E2EA7 #A7512E #47A72E #2E84A7

split-complementary

#8E2EA7 #84A72E #2EA751

monochromatic

#3C1447 #652177 #8E2EA7 #B046CC #C576D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#8E2EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8E2EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2EA7

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2EA7	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.194 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b370c2',
    500: '#8e2ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2ea7;
$custom-light: #b370c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.603,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4968,
    "c": 0.19437,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2EA7

secondary

#80C170

accent

#E04867

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2EA7

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

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