#8C4EDE#8C4EDE

#8C4EDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.209 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4EDE
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 222)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 64.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 54.43, -64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 84.05, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.103 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.209 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7212, 16.2979, 70.8311)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4EDE #A0DE4E

analogous

#4E58DE #8C4EDE #D44EDE

triadic

#8C4EDE #DE8C4E #4EDE8C

tetradic

#8C4EDE #DE4E58 #A0DE4E #4EDED4

square

#8C4EDE #DE4E58 #A0DE4E #4EDED4

split-complementary

#8C4EDE #DED44E #58DE4E

monochromatic

#501C96 #6C26C9 #8C4EDE #AE82E8 #CFB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8C4EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8C4EDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4EDE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4EDE	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.209 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e9',
    500: '#8c4ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4ede;
$custom-light: #b383e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56993,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4EDE

secondary

#C8E0A8

accent

#EB3CA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4EDE

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

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