#8E3BD8#8E3BD8

#8E3BD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.226 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3BD8
RGB	rgb(142, 59, 216)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 72.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 62.22, -66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 90.76, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1257 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.226 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1111, 13.8366, 66.3003)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3BD8 #85D83B

analogous

#403BD8 #8E3BD8 #D83BD4

triadic

#8E3BD8 #D88E3B #3BD88E

tetradic

#8E3BD8 #D8403B #85D83B #3BD4D8

square

#8E3BD8 #D8403B #85D83B #3BD4D8

split-complementary

#8E3BD8 #D4D83B #3BD840

monochromatic

#4F197F #6F23B2 #8E3BD8 #AB6EE2 #C9A1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8E3BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E3BD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3BD8

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3BD8	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 59, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.226 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b578e5',
    500: '#8e3bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3bd8;
$custom-light: #b578e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.72,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54508,
    "c": 0.22626,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3BD8

secondary

#B5D996

accent

#EA3E8F

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3BD8

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

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