#8E39B8#8E39B8

#8E39B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.197 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39B8
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 184)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 69%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 55.99, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 76.18, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1324 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.197 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2686, 12.1383, 46.5606)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39B8 #63B839

analogous

#4E39B8 #8E39B8 #B839A3

triadic

#8E39B8 #B88E39 #39B88E

tetradic

#8E39B8 #B84E39 #63B839 #39A3B8

square

#8E39B8 #B84E39 #63B839 #39A3B8

split-complementary

#8E39B8 #A3B839 #39B84E

monochromatic

#461C5B #6A2B89 #8E39B8 #AA60CE #C38FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8E39B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8E39B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39B8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39B8	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C63B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.197 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376ce',
    500: '#8e39b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39b8;
$custom-light: #b376ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.157,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51974,
    "c": 0.1969,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39B8

secondary

#9BC786

accent

#DC4C7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39B8

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

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