#8C4EE2#8C4EE2

#8C4EE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.214 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4EE2
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 65.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 55.43, -65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 86.08, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1025 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.214 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2636, 16.5149, 73.6881)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4EE2 #A4E24E

analogous

#4E5AE2 #8C4EE2 #D64EE2

triadic

#8C4EE2 #E28C4E #4EE28C

tetradic

#8C4EE2 #E24E5A #A4E24E #4EE2D6

square

#8C4EE2 #E24E5A #A4E24E #4EE2D6

split-complementary

#8C4EE2 #E2D64E #5AE24E

monochromatic

#501A9C #6B22D1 #8C4EE2 #AE83EB #D0B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8C4EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8C4EE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4EE2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4EE2	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.214 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383ec',
    500: '#8c4ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4ee2;
$custom-light: #b383ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.135,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57283,
    "c": 0.21388,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4EE2

secondary

#CBE3A9

accent

#EF39A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4EE2

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

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