#8E308E#8E308E

#8E308E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.170 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E308E
RGB	rgb(142, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 51.56, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 61.07, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1437 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.17 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0945, 9.8188, 26.5808)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E308E #308E30

analogous

#5F308E #8E308E #8E305F

triadic

#8E308E #8E8E30 #308E8E

tetradic

#8E308E #8E5F30 #308E30 #305F8E

square

#8E308E #8E5F30 #308E30 #305F8E

split-complementary

#8E308E #5F8E30 #308E5F

monochromatic

#331133 #602160 #8E308E #BC3FBC #CD6BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8E308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8E308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E308E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E308E	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#923D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.170 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b270af',
    500: '#8e308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e308e;
$custom-light: #b270af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48338,
    "c": 0.16981,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E308E

secondary

#65B465

accent

#D94F4F

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E308E

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

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