#8E409A#8E409A

#8E409A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.157 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E409A
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 154)
HSL	hsl(292, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(292, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 58.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 46.52, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 58.09, 323.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.1242 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.157 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8208, 11.7516, 31.8425)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E409A #4C9A40

analogous

#61409A #8E409A #9A4079

triadic

#8E409A #9A8E40 #409A8E

tetradic

#8E409A #9A6140 #4C9A40 #40799A

square

#8E409A #9A6140 #4C9A40 #40799A

split-complementary

#8E409A #799A40 #409A61

monochromatic

#3E1C44 #662E6F #8E409A #AF5CBB #C487CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8E409A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8E409A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E409A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E409A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E409A	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e409a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.157 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179b8',
    500: '#8e409a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e409a;
$custom-light: #b179b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e409a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5095,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E409A

secondary

#86B87E

accent

#D15767

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E409A

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

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