#8E45D9#8E45D9

#8E45D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.216 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45D9
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 68.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 58.00, -63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 86.33, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1157 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.216 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8049, 15.0167, 67.1712)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45D9 #90D945

analogous

#4546D9 #8E45D9 #D845D9

triadic

#8E45D9 #D98E45 #45D98E

tetradic

#8E45D9 #D94546 #90D945 #45D9D8

square

#8E45D9 #D94546 #90D945 #45D9D8

split-complementary

#8E45D9 #D9D845 #46D945

monochromatic

#511C88 #6F26BB #8E45D9 #AD78E3 #CCABEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8E45D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8E45D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45D9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45D9	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.216 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ee6',
    500: '#8e45d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45d9;
$custom-light: #b57ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.595,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5571,
    "c": 0.21565,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45D9

secondary

#BDDB9E

accent

#E93F95

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45D9

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

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