#8E5199#8E5199

#8E5199 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.128 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5199
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 153)
HSL	hsl(291, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(291, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 47.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 37.40, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 47.31, 322.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.0998 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.128 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8469, 13.9363, 31.7754)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5199 #5C9951

analogous

#6A5199 #8E5199 #995180

triadic

#8E5199 #998E51 #51998E

tetradic

#8E5199 #996A51 #5C9951 #518099

square

#8E5199 #996A51 #5C9951 #518099

split-complementary

#8E5199 #809951 #51996A

monochromatic

#442749 #693C71 #8E5199 #AB73B5 #C39BCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8E5199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8E5199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5199

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5199	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47649B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.128 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184b7',
    500: '#8e5199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5199;
$custom-light: #b184b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.833,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53384,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5199

secondary

#95B78F

accent

#C76170

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF6

border

#D0CAD0

text

#110B11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5199

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

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