#8E429D#8E429D

#8E429D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.157 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E429D
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 157)
HSL	hsl(290, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 58%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 46.13, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 58.37, 322.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.1218 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.157 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1886, 12.0824, 33.2131)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E429D #519D42

analogous

#60429D #8E429D #9D427E

triadic

#8E429D #9D8E42 #429D8E

tetradic

#8E429D #9D6042 #519D42 #427E9D

square

#8E429D #9D6042 #519D42 #427E9D

split-complementary

#8E429D #7E9D42 #429D60

monochromatic

#401E47 #673072 #8E429D #AD60BC #C38BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8E429D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8E429D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E429D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E429D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E429D	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e429d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.157 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17aba',
    500: '#8e429d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e429d;
$custom-light: #b17aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e429d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.11,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51388,
    "c": 0.15716,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E429D

secondary

#8BB982

accent

#D1576B

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E429D

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

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