#8E2BC1#8E2BC1

#8E2BC1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.221 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2BC1
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 193)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 63.39, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 86.62, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1444 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.221 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6430, 11.3293, 51.4884)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2BC1 #5EC12B

analogous

#432BC1 #8E2BC1 #C12BA9

triadic

#8E2BC1 #C18E2B #2BC18E

tetradic

#8E2BC1 #C1432B #5EC12B #2BA9C1

square

#8E2BC1 #C1432B #5EC12B #2BA9C1

split-complementary

#8E2BC1 #A9C12B #2BC143

monochromatic

#44155D #69208F #8E2BC1 #AA51D8 #C383E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8E2BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8E2BC1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2BC1

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2BC1	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.221 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b470d5',
    500: '#8e2bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2bc1;
$custom-light: #b470d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 63.559,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51247,
    "c": 0.22103,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2BC1

secondary

#97CC7B

accent

#E74179

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120814

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2BC1

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

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