#8E44E9#8E44E9

#8E44E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.234 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44E9
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 62.28, -71.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 94.74, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1141 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.234 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9267, 15.7679, 78.6472)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44E9 #9FE944

analogous

#444DE9 #8E44E9 #E044E9

triadic

#8E44E9 #E98E44 #44E98E

tetradic

#8E44E9 #E9444D #9FE944 #44E9E0

square

#8E44E9 #E9444D #9FE944 #44E9E0

split-complementary

#8E44E9 #E9E044 #4DE944

monochromatic

#5213A0 #6E19D7 #8E44E9 #AF7BEF #D0B2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8E44E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8E44E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44E9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44E9	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.234 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67ef1',
    500: '#8e44e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44e9;
$custom-light: #b67ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.909,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56799,
    "c": 0.23362,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44E9

secondary

#C8E5A4

accent

#F5329E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44E9

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

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