#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
RGBrgb(142, 74, 157)
HSLhsl(289, 36%, 45%)
HSVhsv(289, 53%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(9.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(42.89, 42.02, -33.32)
CIE-LCHlch(42.89, 53.63, 321.58°)
OKLaboklab(52.52% 0.1106 -0.0924)
OKLCHoklch(52.52% 0.144 320.1)
XYZxyz(19.6892, 13.0835, 33.3800)
Luminance0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E4A9D1.005.813.625.81
#FFFFFF5.811.0021.001.00
#0000003.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.811.0021.001.00

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

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#8E4A9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva