#8E41D3#8E41D3

#8E41D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.214 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E41D3
RGB	rgb(142, 65, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 58.44, -62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 85.40, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.1207 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.214 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8008, 14.2346, 63.0564)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E41D3 #86D341

analogous

#4541D3 #8E41D3 #D341CF

triadic

#8E41D3 #D38E41 #41D38E

tetradic

#8E41D3 #D34541 #86D341 #41CFD3

square

#8E41D3 #D34541 #86D341 #41CFD3

split-complementary

#8E41D3 #CFD341 #41D345

monochromatic

#4F1D7D #6F28AE #8E41D3 #AC73DF #C9A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8E41D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8E41D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E41D3

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E41D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E41D3	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e41d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 65, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.214 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47be1',
    500: '#8e41d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e41d3;
$custom-light: #b47be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e41d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.644,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54798,
    "c": 0.21425,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E41D3

secondary

#B6D799

accent

#E5428F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E41D3

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

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