#8E459B#8E459B

#8E459B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.150 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E459B
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(291, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 55.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 44.21, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 55.67, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1175 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.15 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1992, 12.3745, 32.3812)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E459B #529B45

analogous

#63459B #8E459B #9B457D

triadic

#8E459B #9B8E45 #459B8E

tetradic

#8E459B #9B6345 #529B45 #457D9B

square

#8E459B #9B6345 #529B45 #457D9B

split-complementary

#8E459B #7D9B45 #459B63

monochromatic

#401F46 #673271 #8E459B #AD63BA #C38ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#8E459B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8E459B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E459B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E459B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E459B	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e459b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.150 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cb9',
    500: '#8e459b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e459b;
$custom-light: #b17cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e459b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.93,
    "s": 38.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5169,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E459B

secondary

#8CB884

accent

#CE596B

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110A11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E459B

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

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