#8E40E5#8E40E5

#8E40E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.234 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40E5
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 72.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 63.10, -70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 94.73, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1185 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.234 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1281, 15.0745, 75.5940)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40E5 #97E540

analogous

#4044E5 #8E40E5 #E140E5

triadic

#8E40E5 #E58E40 #40E58E

tetradic

#8E40E5 #E54044 #97E540 #40E5E1

square

#8E40E5 #E54044 #97E540 #40E5E1

split-complementary

#8E40E5 #E5E140 #44E540

monochromatic

#521496 #6F1CCC #8E40E5 #AE76EC #CEACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8E40E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8E40E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40E5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40E5	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.234 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67cee',
    500: '#8e40e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40e5;
$custom-light: #b67cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56044,
    "c": 0.23391,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40E5

secondary

#C2E29F

accent

#F33599

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40E5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →