#8E438E#8E438E

#8E438E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.141 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E438E
RGB	rgb(142, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 42.69, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 50.84, 327.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.1187 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.141 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0447, 11.7191, 26.8975)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E438E #438E43

analogous

#68438E #8E438E #8E4368

triadic

#8E438E #8E8E43 #438E8E

tetradic

#8E438E #8E6843 #438E43 #43688E

square

#8E438E #8E6843 #438E43 #43688E

split-complementary

#8E438E #688E43 #438E68

monochromatic

#3B1C3B #642F64 #8E438E #B25CB2 #C686C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8E438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8E438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E438E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E438E	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C5A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#924B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.141 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17baf',
    500: '#8e438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e438e;
$custom-light: #b17baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50712,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E438E

secondary

#7CB17C

accent

#CC5C5C

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EEF4

border

#D0C9CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E438E

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

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