#8E4E8D#8E4E8D

#8E4E8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.121 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E8D
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(301, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 36.65, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 43.60, 327.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% 0.102 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.121 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6871, 13.1236, 26.7429)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E8D #4E8E4F

analogous

#6F4E8E #8E4E8D #8E4E6D

triadic

#8E4E8D #8D8E4E #4E8D8E

tetradic

#8E4E8D #8E6F4E #4E8E4F #4E6D8E

square

#8E4E8D #8E6F4E #4E8E4F #4E6D8E

split-complementary

#8E4E8D #6D8E4E #4E8E6F

monochromatic

#3F233F #663866 #8E4E8D #AE6BAD #C493C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8E4E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8E4E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E8D

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E8D	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49608F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B688B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.121 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b082ae',
    500: '#8e4e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e8d;
$custom-light: #b082ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.938,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52315,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E8D

secondary

#88B088

accent

#C56462

background

#FBF8FA

surface

#F6EFF4

border

#D0CACE

text

#110A10

muted

#807C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E8D

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

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