#8E409C#8E409C

#8E409C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.159 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E409C
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(291, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 59%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 46.92, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 59.03, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.1244 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.159 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9888, 11.8188, 32.7271)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E409C #4E9C40

analogous

#60409C #8E409C #9C407C

triadic

#8E409C #9C8E40 #409C8E

tetradic

#8E409C #9C6040 #4E9C40 #407C9C

square

#8E409C #9C6040 #4E9C40 #407C9C

split-complementary

#8E409C #7C9C40 #409C60

monochromatic

#3F1C45 #662E71 #8E409C #AE5DBC #C488CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8E409C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8E409C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E409C

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E409C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E409C	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A639A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e409c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.159 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179b9',
    500: '#8e409c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e409c;
$custom-light: #b179b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e409c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.87,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51064,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E409C

secondary

#88B97F

accent

#D25669

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E409C

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

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