#8E3DD9#8E3DD9

#8E3DD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.225 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3DD9
RGB	rgb(142, 61, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 61.60, -66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 90.31, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.1236 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.225 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3455, 14.0980, 67.0181)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3DD9 #88D93D

analogous

#403DD9 #8E3DD9 #D93DD6

triadic

#8E3DD9 #D98E3D #3DD98E

tetradic

#8E3DD9 #D9403D #88D93D #3DD6D9

square

#8E3DD9 #D9403D #88D93D #3DD6D9

split-complementary

#8E3DD9 #D6D93D #3DD940

monochromatic

#501982 #6F24B5 #8E3DD9 #AC70E3 #CAA3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8E3DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8E3DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3DD9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3DD9	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 61, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.225 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ae6',
    500: '#8e3dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3dd9;
$custom-light: #b57ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54797,
    "c": 0.22505,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3DD9

secondary

#B8DA98

accent

#EA3E91

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3DD9

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

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