#8E2EC9#8E2EC9

#8E2EC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.225 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2EC9
RGB	rgb(142, 46, 201)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, 64.01, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 89.21, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(52.11% 0.1402 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(52.11% 0.225 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6727, 11.9222, 56.3538)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2EC9 #69C92E

analogous

#402EC9 #8E2EC9 #C92EB6

triadic

#8E2EC9 #C98E2E #2EC98E

tetradic

#8E2EC9 #C9402E #69C92E #2EB6C9

square

#8E2EC9 #C9402E #69C92E #2EB6C9

split-complementary

#8E2EC9 #B6C92E #2EC940

monochromatic

#481765 #6B2397 #8E2EC9 #A95BD9 #C38DE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8E2EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8E2EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2EC9

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2EC9	1.00	6.20	3.38	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.225 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b572da',
    500: '#8e2ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2ec9;
$custom-light: #b572da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.161,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52109,
    "c": 0.22541,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2EC9

secondary

#A0CF84

accent

#E64280

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2EC9

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

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