#8E3ED9#8E3ED9

#8E3ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.224 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3ED9
RGB	rgb(142, 62, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 61.17, -65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 89.83, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1227 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.224 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3994, 14.2058, 67.0361)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3ED9 #89D93E

analogous

#413ED9 #8E3ED9 #D93ED6

triadic

#8E3ED9 #D98E3E #3ED98E

tetradic

#8E3ED9 #D9413E #89D93E #3ED6D9

square

#8E3ED9 #D9413E #89D93E #3ED6D9

split-complementary

#8E3ED9 #D6D93E #3ED941

monochromatic

#501A83 #6F24B6 #8E3ED9 #AC71E3 #CAA4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8E3ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8E3ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3ED9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3ED9	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 62, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.224 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ae6',
    500: '#8e3ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3ed9;
$custom-light: #b57ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54906,
    "c": 0.22392,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3ED9

secondary

#B8DA99

accent

#EA3E91

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3ED9

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

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