#8E39D6#8E39D6

#8E39D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.226 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39D6
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 214)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 62.60, -65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 90.71, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1279 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.226 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7533, 13.5322, 64.9132)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39D6 #81D639

analogous

#3F39D6 #8E39D6 #D639CF

triadic

#8E39D6 #D68E39 #39D68E

tetradic

#8E39D6 #D63F39 #81D639 #39CFD6

square

#8E39D6 #D63F39 #81D639 #39CFD6

split-complementary

#8E39D6 #CFD639 #39D63F

monochromatic

#4E197B #6F24AE #8E39D6 #AB6CE0 #C89EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8E39D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8E39D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39D6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39D6	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.226 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b577e4',
    500: '#8e39d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39d6;
$custom-light: #b577e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.484,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54148,
    "c": 0.22645,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39D6

secondary

#B3D794

accent

#E93F8D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39D6

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

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