#8E519B#8E519B

#8E519B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.130 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E519B
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 155)
HSL	hsl(289, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(289, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 47.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 37.82, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 48.28, 321.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1001 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.13 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0134, 14.0030, 32.6526)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E519B #5E9B51

analogous

#69519B #8E519B #9B5183

triadic

#8E519B #9B8E51 #519B8E

tetradic

#8E519B #9B6951 #5E9B51 #51839B

square

#8E519B #9B6951 #5E9B51 #51839B

split-complementary

#8E519B #839B51 #519B69

monochromatic

#44274B #693C73 #8E519B #AA73B6 #C39BCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8E519B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8E519B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E519B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E519B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E519B	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46649E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e519b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.130 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184b9',
    500: '#8e519b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e519b;
$custom-light: #b184b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e519b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.459,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53487,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E519B

secondary

#97B890

accent

#C86072

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF6

border

#D0CAD0

text

#110B11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E519B

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

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