#8E45D5#8E45D5

#8E45D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.211 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45D5
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 57.05, -62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 84.34, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.1163 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.211 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2909, 14.8111, 64.4643)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45D5 #8CD545

analogous

#4645D5 #8E45D5 #D545D4

triadic

#8E45D5 #D58E45 #45D58E

tetradic

#8E45D5 #D54645 #8CD545 #45D4D5

square

#8E45D5 #D54645 #8CD545 #45D4D5

split-complementary

#8E45D5 #D4D545 #45D546

monochromatic

#511D82 #6F29B4 #8E45D5 #AC77E0 #CBA9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8E45D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8E45D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45D5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45D5	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.211 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ee3',
    500: '#8e45d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45d5;
$custom-light: #b47ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.417,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55419,
    "c": 0.21142,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45D5

secondary

#BAD99D

accent

#E64293

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45D5

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

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