#8E39DB#8E39DB

#8E39DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.231 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39DB
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 219)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 74%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 63.74, -67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 93.12, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1269 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.231 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4016, 13.7915, 68.3279)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39DB #86DB39

analogous

#3D39DB #8E39DB #DB39D7

triadic

#8E39DB #DB8E39 #39DB8E

tetradic

#8E39DB #DB3D39 #86DB39 #39D7DB

square

#8E39DB #DB3D39 #86DB39 #39D7DB

split-complementary

#8E39DB #D7DB39 #39DB3D

monochromatic

#4F1882 #6F21B6 #8E39DB #AC6DE4 #C9A1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8E39DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E39DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39DB

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39DB	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.231 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b578e7',
    500: '#8e39db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39db;
$custom-light: #b578e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.481,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54533,
    "c": 0.23138,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39DB

secondary

#B6DA95

accent

#EC3C90

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39DB

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

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