#8E45D4#8E45D4

#8E45D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.210 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45D4
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 67.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 56.82, -61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 83.85, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1164 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.21 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1644, 14.7605, 63.7979)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45D4 #8BD445

analogous

#4645D4 #8E45D4 #D445D3

triadic

#8E45D4 #D48E45 #45D48E

tetradic

#8E45D4 #D44645 #8BD445 #45D3D4

square

#8E45D4 #D44645 #8BD445 #45D3D4

split-complementary

#8E45D4 #D3D445 #45D446

monochromatic

#501E81 #6F29B3 #8E45D4 #AC77DF #CAA8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8E45D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8E45D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45D4

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45D4	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.210 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ee2',
    500: '#8e45d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45d4;
$custom-light: #b47ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.629,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55347,
    "c": 0.21036,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45D4

secondary

#BAD89C

accent

#E64292

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45D4

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

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