#8E3CC8#8E3CC8

#8E3CC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.209 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3CC8
RGB	rgb(142, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 58.17, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 82.49, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.1273 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.209 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1943, 13.1529, 55.9493)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3CC8 #76C83C

analogous

#483CC8 #8E3CC8 #C83CBC

triadic

#8E3CC8 #C88E3C #3CC88E

tetradic

#8E3CC8 #C8483C #76C83C #3CBCC8

square

#8E3CC8 #C8483C #76C83C #3CBCC8

split-complementary

#8E3CC8 #BCC83C #3CC848

monochromatic

#4B1E6B #6D2C9B #8E3CC8 #AA6CD5 #C59BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8E3CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8E3CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3CC8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3CC8	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1366C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.209 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b478da',
    500: '#8e3cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3cc8;
$custom-light: #b478da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53431,
    "c": 0.20908,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3CC8

secondary

#ABCF91

accent

#DF4987

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3CC8

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

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