#8E7296#8E7296

#8E7296 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.063 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7296
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 150)
HSL	hsl(287, 15%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 24%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 24%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 17.77, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 23.48, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.0472 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.063 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6769, 19.9878, 31.5117)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7296 #7A9672

analogous

#7C7296 #8E7296 #96728C

triadic

#8E7296 #968E72 #72968E

tetradic

#8E7296 #967C72 #7A9672 #728C96

square

#8E7296 #967C72 #7A9672 #728C96

split-complementary

#8E7296 #8C9672 #72967C

monochromatic

#4D3C51 #6E5774 #8E7296 #AA95B0 #C6B8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8E7296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8E7296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7296

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7296	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E767E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.063 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9ab5',
    500: '#8e7296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7296;
$custom-light: #af9ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5916,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7296

secondary

#AEBAAA

accent

#B77080

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7296

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

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