#8E339D#8E339D

#8E339D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.179 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E339D
RGB	rgb(142, 51, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 53.08, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 66.33, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% 0.1405 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.179 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4243, 10.5537, 32.9584)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E339D #429D33

analogous

#59339D #8E339D #9D3377

triadic

#8E339D #9D8E33 #339D8E

tetradic

#8E339D #9D5933 #429D33 #33779D

square

#8E339D #9D5933 #429D33 #33779D

split-complementary

#8E339D #779D33 #339D59

monochromatic

#3A1541 #64246F #8E339D #B349C4 #C677D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#8E339D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#8E339D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E339D

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E339D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E339D	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1455A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e339d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 51, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.179 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b272ba',
    500: '#8e339d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e339d;
$custom-light: #b272ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e339d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.509,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49554,
    "c": 0.17905,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E339D

secondary

#7BBB70

accent

#DA4D61

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E339D

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

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