#8E5F8B#8E5F8B

#8E5F8B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.087 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5F8B
RGB	rgb(142, 95, 139)
HSL	hsl(304, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 33%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 26.63, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 31.39, 328.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.0745 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.087 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9074, 15.8001, 26.4222)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5F8B #5F8E62

analogous

#7A5F8E #8E5F8B #8E5F74

triadic

#8E5F8B #8B8E5F #5F8B8E

tetradic

#8E5F8B #8E7A5F #5F8E62 #5F748E

square

#8E5F8B #8E7A5F #5F8E62 #5F748E

split-complementary

#8E5F8B #748E5F #5F8E7A

monochromatic

#452E43 #694667 #8E5F8B #AA80A7 #C3A5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8E5F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8E5F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5F8B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5F8B	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 95, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.087 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08dad',
    500: '#8e5f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5f8b;
$custom-light: #b08dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.83,
    "s": 19.831,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55118,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5F8B

secondary

#98B199

accent

#BC716B

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F5F0F4

border

#CFCBCE

text

#100C10

muted

#7F7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5F8B

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

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