#8E45E6#8E45E6

#8E45E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.229 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45E6
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 230)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 61.10, -69.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 92.77, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1137 -0.1992)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.229 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5628, 15.7199, 76.4297)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45E6 #9DE645

analogous

#454CE6 #8E45E6 #DE45E6

triadic

#8E45E6 #E68E45 #45E68E

tetradic

#8E45E6 #E6454C #9DE645 #45E6DE

square

#8E45E6 #E6454C #9DE645 #45E6DE

split-complementary

#8E45E6 #E6DE45 #4CE645

monochromatic

#52159C #6E1CD2 #8E45E6 #AF7BED #D0B1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8E45E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8E45E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45E6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45E6	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.229 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67eef',
    500: '#8e45e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45e6;
$custom-light: #b67eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.205,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56683,
    "c": 0.22935,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45E6

secondary

#C6E3A4

accent

#F3359D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45E6

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