#8E389E#8E389E

#8E389E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.173 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E389E
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 64.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.66, 51.09, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.66, 64.29, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% 0.1346 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.173 321)
XYZ	xyz(18.7404, 11.0487, 33.4866)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E389E #489E38

analogous

#5B389E #8E389E #9E387B

triadic

#8E389E #9E8E38 #389E8E

tetradic

#8E389E #9E5B38 #489E38 #387B9E

square

#8E389E #9E5B38 #489E38 #387B9E

split-complementary

#8E389E #7B9E38 #389E5B

monochromatic

#3D1844 #652871 #8E389E #B052C2 #C57FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#8E389E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8E389E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E389E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E389E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E389E	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e389e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.173 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275bb',
    500: '#8e389e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e389e;
$custom-light: #b275bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e389e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.588,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50182,
    "c": 0.17312,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.11048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E389E

secondary

#82BB77

accent

#D75166

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E389E

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

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