#8E39B7#8E39B7

#8E39B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.196 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39B7
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 183)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 55.78, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 75.69, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.1325 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.196 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1642, 12.0965, 46.0105)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39B7 #62B739

analogous

#4F39B7 #8E39B7 #B739A1

triadic

#8E39B7 #B78E39 #39B78E

tetradic

#8E39B7 #B74F39 #62B739 #39A1B7

square

#8E39B7 #B74F39 #62B739 #39A1B7

split-complementary

#8E39B7 #A1B739 #39B74F

monochromatic

#461C5A #6A2A88 #8E39B7 #AA60CD #C38EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8E39B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8E39B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39B7

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39B7	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D63B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.196 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376cd',
    500: '#8e39b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39b7;
$custom-light: #b376cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.476,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51905,
    "c": 0.19592,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39B7

secondary

#9AC785

accent

#DC4C7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39B7

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

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