#8E45D8#8E45D8

#8E45D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.215 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45D8
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 57.76, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 85.84, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1159 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.215 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6752, 14.9649, 66.4883)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45D8 #8FD845

analogous

#4545D8 #8E45D8 #D745D8

triadic

#8E45D8 #D88E45 #45D88E

tetradic

#8E45D8 #D84545 #8FD845 #45D8D7

square

#8E45D8 #D84545 #8FD845 #45D8D7

split-complementary

#8E45D8 #D8D745 #45D845

monochromatic

#511C86 #6F27B9 #8E45D8 #AD78E3 #CBAAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8E45D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8E45D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45D8

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45D8	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.215 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ee5',
    500: '#8e45d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45d8;
$custom-light: #b47ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.796,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55637,
    "c": 0.2146,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45D8

secondary

#BDDB9E

accent

#E84094

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45D8

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

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