#8E45E8#8E45E8

#8E45E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.231 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E45E8
RGB	rgb(142, 69, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 61.59, -70.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 93.76, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1134 -0.2018)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.231 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8453, 15.8329, 77.9173)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E45E8 #9FE845

analogous

#454EE8 #8E45E8 #DF45E8

triadic

#8E45E8 #E88E45 #45E88E

tetradic

#8E45E8 #E8454E #9FE845 #45E8DF

square

#8E45E8 #E8454E #9FE845 #45E8DF

split-complementary

#8E45E8 #E8DF45 #4EE845

monochromatic

#52149F #6E1AD5 #8E45E8 #AF7BEF #D0B2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8E45E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8E45E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E45E8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E45E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E45E8	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e45e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 69, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.231 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67ef0',
    500: '#8e45e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e45e8;
$custom-light: #b67ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e45e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.871,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56836,
    "c": 0.23145,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E45E8

secondary

#C8E4A4

accent

#F4339E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E45E8

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

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