#8E41D6#8E41D6

#8E41D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.217 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E41D6
RGB	rgb(142, 65, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 59.14, -63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 86.88, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1202 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.217 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1804, 14.3865, 65.0556)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E41D6 #89D641

analogous

#4441D6 #8E41D6 #D641D3

triadic

#8E41D6 #D68E41 #41D68E

tetradic

#8E41D6 #D64441 #89D641 #41D3D6

square

#8E41D6 #D64441 #89D641 #41D3D6

split-complementary

#8E41D6 #D3D641 #41D644

monochromatic

#501C81 #6F27B3 #8E41D6 #AC73E1 #CAA6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8E41D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8E41D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E41D6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E41D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E41D6	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e41d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 65, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.217 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce4',
    500: '#8e41d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e41d6;
$custom-light: #b57ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e41d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.007,
    "s": 64.502,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55018,
    "c": 0.21736,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E41D6

secondary

#B8D99A

accent

#E74091

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E41D6

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

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