#8E41CB#8E41CB

#8E41CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.206 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E41CB
RGB	rgb(142, 65, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 68%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 56.60, -58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 81.45, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1217 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.206 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8228, 13.8434, 57.9054)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E41CB #7ECB41

analogous

#4941CB #8E41CB #CB41C3

triadic

#8E41CB #CB8E41 #41CB8E

tetradic

#8E41CB #CB4941 #7ECB41 #41C3CB

square

#8E41CB #CB4941 #7ECB41 #41C3CB

split-complementary

#8E41CB #C3CB41 #41CB49

monochromatic

#4E1F72 #6E2CA2 #8E41CB #AB71D8 #C7A1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8E41CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E41CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E41CB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E41CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E41CB	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1768C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e41cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 65, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.206 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47bdc',
    500: '#8e41cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e41cb;
$custom-light: #b47bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e41cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.478,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54221,
    "c": 0.20596,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E41CB

secondary

#B0D296

accent

#E0488B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E41CB

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

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