#8E41D9#8E41D9

#8E41D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.220 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E41D9
RGB	rgb(142, 65, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 70%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 59.84, -65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 88.36, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1198 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.22 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5671, 14.5411, 67.0920)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E41D9 #8CD941

analogous

#4241D9 #8E41D9 #D941D8

triadic

#8E41D9 #D98E41 #41D98E

tetradic

#8E41D9 #D94241 #8CD941 #41D8D9

square

#8E41D9 #D94241 #8CD941 #41D8D9

split-complementary

#8E41D9 #D8D941 #41D942

monochromatic

#511B85 #6F25B8 #8E41D9 #AC74E3 #CBA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8E41D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8E41D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E41D9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E41D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E41D9	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e41d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 65, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.220 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce6',
    500: '#8e41d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e41d9;
$custom-light: #b57ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e41d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.395,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55241,
    "c": 0.22046,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E41D9

secondary

#BADB9B

accent

#EA3E93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E41D9

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

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