#8E39B2#8E39B2

#8E39B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.191 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39B2
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 178)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 68%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 54.72, -48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 73.28, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.1329 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.191 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6530, 11.8921, 43.3183)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39B2 #5DB239

analogous

#5139B2 #8E39B2 #B23999

triadic

#8E39B2 #B28E39 #39B28E

tetradic

#8E39B2 #B25139 #5DB239 #3999B2

square

#8E39B2 #B25139 #5DB239 #3999B2

split-complementary

#8E39B2 #99B239 #39B251

monochromatic

#441B55 #692A84 #8E39B2 #AA5DCB #C38BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8E39B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8E39B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39B2

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39B2	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3363AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B5171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.191 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376ca',
    500: '#8e39b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39b2;
$custom-light: #b376ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.149,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51569,
    "c": 0.19101,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39B2

secondary

#96C482

accent

#DB4D77

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39B2

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

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