#8E45E1#8E45E1

#8E45E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.224 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45E1
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 225)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 69.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 59.90, -67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 90.30, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1145 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.224 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8707, 15.4431, 72.7847)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45E1 #98E145

analogous

#454AE1 #8E45E1 #DC45E1

triadic

#8E45E1 #E18E45 #45E18E

tetradic

#8E45E1 #E1454A #98E145 #45E1DC

square

#8E45E1 #E1454A #98E145 #45E1DC

split-complementary

#8E45E1 #E1DC45 #4AE145

monochromatic

#521894 #6F20C8 #8E45E1 #AE7AE9 #CEAEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8E45E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8E45E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45E1

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45E1	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.224 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57eeb',
    500: '#8e45e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45e1;
$custom-light: #b57eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.077,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56304,
    "c": 0.2241,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45E1

secondary

#C3E0A2

accent

#EF399A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45E1

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

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