#8E579D#8E579D

#8E579D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.122 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E579D
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 157)
HSL	hsl(287, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 44.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 34.90, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 45.38, 320.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.0915 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.122 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6485, 15.0022, 33.6998)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E579D #669D57

analogous

#6B579D #8E579D #9D5789

triadic

#8E579D #9D8E57 #579D8E

tetradic

#8E579D #9D6B57 #669D57 #57899D

square

#8E579D #9D6B57 #669D57 #57899D

split-complementary

#8E579D #899D57 #579D6B

monochromatic

#472B4E #6A4176 #8E579D #A97BB6 #C3A3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8E579D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8E579D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E579D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E579D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E579D	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C689F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e579d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.122 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088ba',
    500: '#8e579d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e579d;
$custom-light: #b088ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e579d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 28.689,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54562,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E579D

secondary

#9EB996

accent

#C56378

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110B11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E579D

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

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