#8E438F#8E438F

#8E438F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.142 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E438F
RGB	rgb(142, 67, 143)
HSL	hsl(299, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 53.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 42.88, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 51.29, 326.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1188 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.142 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1201, 11.7493, 27.2947)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E438F #448F43

analogous

#68438F #8E438F #8F436A

triadic

#8E438F #8F8E43 #438F8E

tetradic

#8E438F #8F6843 #448F43 #436A8F

square

#8E438F #8F6843 #448F43 #436A8F

split-complementary

#8E438F #6A8F43 #438F68

monochromatic

#3B1C3C #652F65 #8E438F #B25CB3 #C586C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8E438F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8E438F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E438F

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E438F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E438F	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52648D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#924C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e438f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 67, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.142 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bb0',
    500: '#8e438f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e438f;
$custom-light: #b17bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e438f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.211,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50763,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E438F

secondary

#7DB17D

accent

#CC5C5D

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EEF4

border

#D0C9CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E438F

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

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