#8E45C8#8E45C8

#8E45C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.198 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45C8
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 65.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 54.02, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 77.86, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1176 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.198 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7066, 14.1774, 56.1200)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45C8 #7FC845

analogous

#4C45C8 #8E45C8 #C845C1

triadic

#8E45C8 #C88E45 #45C88E

tetradic

#8E45C8 #C84C45 #7FC845 #45C1C8

square

#8E45C8 #C84C45 #7FC845 #45C1C8

split-complementary

#8E45C8 #C1C845 #45C84C

monochromatic

#4E2171 #6E2FA0 #8E45C8 #AB74D6 #C7A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8E45C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8E45C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45C8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45C8	1.00	5.48	3.84	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#256AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.198 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37dd9',
    500: '#8e45c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45c8;
$custom-light: #b37dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.435,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.545,
    "c": 0.19762,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45C8

secondary

#B1D198

accent

#DE4A8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45C8

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

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