#8E4E8A#8E4E8A

#8E4E8A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.118 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E8A
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(304, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 36.07, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 42.26, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.1014 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.118 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4669, 13.0355, 25.5832)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E8A #4E8E52

analogous

#724E8E #8E4E8A #8E4E6A

triadic

#8E4E8A #8A8E4E #4E8A8E

tetradic

#8E4E8A #8E724E #4E8E52 #4E6A8E

square

#8E4E8A #8E724E #4E8E52 #4E6A8E

split-complementary

#8E4E8A #6A8E4E #4E8E72

monochromatic

#3F233D #663864 #8E4E8A #AE6BAA #C493C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8E4E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8E4E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E8A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E8A	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A608C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.118 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b081ac',
    500: '#8e4e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e8a;
$custom-light: #b081ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52173,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E8A

secondary

#88B08A

accent

#C56962

background

#FBF8FA

surface

#F6EFF4

border

#D0CACE

text

#110A10

muted

#807C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E8A

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

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