#8E45D6#8E45D6

#8E45D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.212 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45D6
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 57.29, -62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 84.84, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1161 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.212 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4182, 14.8621, 65.1349)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45D6 #8DD645

analogous

#4545D6 #8E45D6 #D645D5

triadic

#8E45D6 #D68E45 #45D68E

tetradic

#8E45D6 #D64545 #8DD645 #45D5D6

square

#8E45D6 #D64545 #8DD645 #45D5D6

split-complementary

#8E45D6 #D5D645 #45D645

monochromatic

#511D84 #6F28B6 #8E45D6 #AC77E1 #CBA9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8E45D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8E45D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45D6

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45D6	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.212 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ee3',
    500: '#8e45d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45d6;
$custom-light: #b47ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.207,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55491,
    "c": 0.21248,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45D6

secondary

#BBDA9D

accent

#E74193

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45D6

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

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