#8E409B#8E409B

#8E409B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.158 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E409B
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(291, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 58.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 46.72, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 58.56, 322.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.1243 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.158 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9045, 11.7850, 32.2830)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E409B #4D9B40

analogous

#61409B #8E409B #9B407A

triadic

#8E409B #9B8E40 #409B8E

tetradic

#8E409B #9B6140 #4D9B40 #407A9B

square

#8E409B #9B6140 #4D9B40 #407A9B

split-complementary

#8E409B #7A9B40 #409B61

monochromatic

#3F1C44 #662E70 #8E409B #AE5CBC #C488CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8E409B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8E409B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E409B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E409B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E409B	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e409b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.158 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179b9',
    500: '#8e409b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e409b;
$custom-light: #b179b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e409b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51007,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E409B

secondary

#87B87E

accent

#D15668

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E409B

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

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