#8E41B7#8E41B7

#8E41B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.185 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E41B7
RGB	rgb(142, 65, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 52.11, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 71.56, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.1234 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.185 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5913, 12.9508, 46.1529)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E41B7 #6AB741

analogous

#5341B7 #8E41B7 #B741A5

triadic

#8E41B7 #B78E41 #41B78E

tetradic

#8E41B7 #B75341 #6AB741 #41A5B7

square

#8E41B7 #B75341 #6AB741 #41A5B7

split-complementary

#8E41B7 #A5B741 #41B753

monochromatic

#48215D #6B318A #8E41B7 #A96BCA #C398DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8E41B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8E41B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E41B7

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E41B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E41B7	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3666B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e41b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 65, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.185 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37bcd',
    500: '#8e41b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e41b7;
$custom-light: #b37bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e41b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.153,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52854,
    "c": 0.18523,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E41B7

secondary

#A1C68E

accent

#D7517F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E41B7

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

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