#8E45BB#8E45BB

#8E45BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.184 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45BB
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 187)
HSL	hsl(277, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 63.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 51.06, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 71.36, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1184 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.184 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2514, 13.5953, 48.4561)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45BB #72BB45

analogous

#5345BB #8E45BB #BB45AD

triadic

#8E45BB #BB8E45 #45BB8E

tetradic

#8E45BB #BB5345 #72BB45 #45ADBB

square

#8E45BB #BB5345 #72BB45 #45ADBB

split-complementary

#8E45BB #ADBB45 #45BB53

monochromatic

#4A2462 #6C348F #8E45BB #A972CB #C49FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8E45BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8E45BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45BB

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45BB	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0764BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3668B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.184 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37dd0',
    500: '#8e45bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45bb;
$custom-light: #b37dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.119,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53626,
    "c": 0.1838,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45BB

secondary

#A8C894

accent

#D65284

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45BB

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

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