#8E45C7#8E45C7

#8E45C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.197 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45C7
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 65.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 53.79, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 77.36, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1177 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.197 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5901, 14.1308, 55.5065)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45C7 #7EC745

analogous

#4D45C7 #8E45C7 #C745BF

triadic

#8E45C7 #C78E45 #45C78E

tetradic

#8E45C7 #C74D45 #7EC745 #45BFC7

square

#8E45C7 #C74D45 #7EC745 #45BFC7

split-complementary

#8E45C7 #BFC745 #45C74D

monochromatic

#4E2270 #6E309F #8E45C7 #AB74D5 #C7A3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8E45C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8E45C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45C7

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45C7	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.197 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37dd9',
    500: '#8e45c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45c7;
$custom-light: #b37dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54431,
    "c": 0.19656,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45C7

secondary

#B0D098

accent

#DD4B8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45C7

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

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