#8E2EC8#8E2EC8

#8E2EC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.224 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2EC8
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 77%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 63.79, -61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 88.74, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.1404 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.224 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5555, 11.8753, 55.7363)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2EC8 #68C82E

analogous

#412EC8 #8E2EC8 #C82EB5

triadic

#8E2EC8 #C88E2E #2EC88E

tetradic

#8E2EC8 #C8412E #68C82E #2EB5C8

square

#8E2EC8 #C8412E #68C82E #2EB5C8

split-complementary

#8E2EC8 #B5C82E #2EC841

monochromatic

#471764 #6B2396 #8E2EC8 #A95AD9 #C38CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8E2EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8E2EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2EC8

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2EC8	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85547A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.224 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b471da',
    500: '#8e2ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2ec8;
$custom-light: #b471da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.403,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52033,
    "c": 0.22449,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2EC8

secondary

#A0CF83

accent

#E64280

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2EC8

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

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