#8E39D9#8E39D9

#8E39D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.229 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39D9
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 217)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 63.28, -67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 92.16, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1273 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.229 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1399, 13.6868, 66.9496)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39D9 #84D939

analogous

#3E39D9 #8E39D9 #D939D4

triadic

#8E39D9 #D98E39 #39D98E

tetradic

#8E39D9 #D93E39 #84D939 #39D4D9

square

#8E39D9 #D93E39 #84D939 #39D4D9

split-complementary

#8E39D9 #D4D939 #39D93E

monochromatic

#4F187F #6F22B3 #8E39D9 #AB6CE3 #C9A0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8E39D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8E39D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39D9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39D9	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.229 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b577e6',
    500: '#8e39d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39d9;
$custom-light: #b577e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54378,
    "c": 0.22942,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39D9

secondary

#B5D995

accent

#EB3D8E

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39D9

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

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