#8E39C8#8E39C8

#8E39C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.213 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39C8
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 71.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 59.47, -59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 83.93, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.1304 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.213 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0416, 12.8475, 55.8984)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39C8 #73C839

analogous

#4639C8 #8E39C8 #C839BB

triadic

#8E39C8 #C88E39 #39C88E

tetradic

#8E39C8 #C84639 #73C839 #39BBC8

square

#8E39C8 #C84639 #73C839 #39BBC8

split-complementary

#8E39C8 #BBC839 #39C846

monochromatic

#4A1D69 #6C2B99 #8E39C8 #A969D5 #C599E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8E39C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8E39C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39C8

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39C8	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A65C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.213 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b477da',
    500: '#8e39c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39c8;
$custom-light: #b477da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.664,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53103,
    "c": 0.21265,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39C8

secondary

#A8CE8F

accent

#E04886

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39C8

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

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