#8E4A9D#8E4A9D

#8E4A9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.144 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4A9D
RGB	rgb(142, 74, 157)
HSL	hsl(289, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(289, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, 42.02, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 53.63, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1106 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.144 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6892, 13.0835, 33.3800)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4A9D #599D4A

analogous

#654A9D #8E4A9D #9D4A82

triadic

#8E4A9D #9D8E4A #4A9D8E

tetradic

#8E4A9D #9D654A #599D4A #4A829D

square

#8E4A9D #9D654A #599D4A #4A829D

split-complementary

#8E4A9D #829D4A #4A9D65

monochromatic

#43234A #683673 #8E4A9D #AB6BB9 #C395CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8E4A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8E4A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4A9D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4A9D	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B61A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 74, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.144 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fba',
    500: '#8e4a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4a9d;
$custom-light: #b17fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.157,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52521,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4A9D

secondary

#92B98A

accent

#CC5C70

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110A11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4A9D

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

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