#8E34BD#8E34BD

#8E34BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.208 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E34BD
RGB	rgb(142, 52, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 72.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 59.16, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 80.95, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1369 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.208 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5669, 11.8814, 49.2915)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E34BD #63BD34

analogous

#4A34BD #8E34BD #BD34A8

triadic

#8E34BD #BD8E34 #34BD8E

tetradic

#8E34BD #BD4A34 #63BD34 #34A8BD

square

#8E34BD #BD4A34 #63BD34 #34A8BD

split-complementary

#8E34BD #A8BD34 #34BD4A

monochromatic

#461A5D #6A278D #8E34BD #AA5CD2 #C38CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8E34BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8E34BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E34BD

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E34BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E34BD	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)

#005DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E62BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e34bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 52, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.208 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b374d2',
    500: '#8e34bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e34bd;
$custom-light: #b374d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e34bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.416,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5179,
    "c": 0.20778,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E34BD

secondary

#9BCA83

accent

#E0487C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E34BD

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

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