#8E33C5#8E33C5

#8E33C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.217 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E33C5
RGB	rgb(142, 51, 197)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, 61.27, -59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 85.22, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1366 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.217 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4152, 12.1501, 53.9769)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E33C5 #6AC533

analogous

#4533C5 #8E33C5 #C533B3

triadic

#8E33C5 #C58E33 #33C58E

tetradic

#8E33C5 #C54533 #6AC533 #33B3C5

square

#8E33C5 #C54533 #6AC533 #33B3C5

split-complementary

#8E33C5 #B3C533 #33C545

monochromatic

#481A64 #6B2694 #8E33C5 #A95FD6 #C390E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8E33C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8E33C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E33C5

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E33C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E33C5	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0263C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e33c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 51, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.217 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b474d7',
    500: '#8e33c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e33c5;
$custom-light: #b474d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e33c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.397,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52271,
    "c": 0.21651,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E33C5

secondary

#A1CD87

accent

#E24681

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E33C5

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

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