#8E34BE#8E34BE

#8E34BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.209 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E34BE
RGB	rgb(142, 52, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 72.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 59.37, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 81.42, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1368 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.209 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6758, 11.9250, 49.8651)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E34BE #64BE34

analogous

#4934BE #8E34BE #BE34A9

triadic

#8E34BE #BE8E34 #34BE8E

tetradic

#8E34BE #BE4934 #64BE34 #34A9BE

square

#8E34BE #BE4934 #64BE34 #34A9BE

split-complementary

#8E34BE #A9BE34 #34BE49

monochromatic

#461A5E #6A278E #8E34BE #AA5DD3 #C38DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8E34BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8E34BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E34BE

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E34BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E34BE	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)

#005DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C62BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e34be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 52, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.209 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b474d2',
    500: '#8e34be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e34be;
$custom-light: #b474d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e34be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51862,
    "c": 0.20873,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E34BE

secondary

#9CCA84

accent

#E0487D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E34BE

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

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