#8E41C8#8E41C8

#8E41C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.203 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E41C8
RGB	rgb(142, 65, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 67.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.80, 55.91, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.80, 79.97, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1221 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.203 307)
XYZ	xyz(23.4687, 13.7018, 56.0407)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E41C8 #7BC841

analogous

#4B41C8 #8E41C8 #C841BF

triadic

#8E41C8 #C88E41 #41C88E

tetradic

#8E41C8 #C84B41 #7BC841 #41BFC8

square

#8E41C8 #C84B41 #7BC841 #41BFC8

split-complementary

#8E41C8 #BFC841 #41C84B

monochromatic

#4D206F #6E2E9E #8E41C8 #AA70D6 #C6A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8E41C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8E41C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E41C8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E41C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E41C8	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E68C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e41c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 65, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.203 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47bd9',
    500: '#8e41c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e41c8;
$custom-light: #b47bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e41c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54009,
    "c": 0.20285,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.13702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E41C8

secondary

#AED095

accent

#DE4989

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E41C8

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

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