#8E429C#8E429C

#8E429C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.156 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E429C
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(291, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 57.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 45.93, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 57.89, 322.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1217 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.156 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1036, 12.0484, 32.7653)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E429C #509C42

analogous

#61429C #8E429C #9C427D

triadic

#8E429C #9C8E42 #429C8E

tetradic

#8E429C #9C6142 #509C42 #427D9C

square

#8E429C #9C6142 #509C42 #427D9C

split-complementary

#8E429C #7D9C42 #429C61

monochromatic

#401E46 #673071 #8E429C #AD60BC #C38BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8E429C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E429C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E429C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E429C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E429C	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B649A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e429c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.156 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ab9',
    500: '#8e429c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e429c;
$custom-light: #b17ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e429c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51331,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E429C

secondary

#8AB981

accent

#D0576A

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E429C

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

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