#8E46D4#8E46D4

#8E46D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.209 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E46D4
RGB	rgb(142, 70, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 67%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 56.34, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 83.32, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1153 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.209 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2264, 14.8846, 63.8186)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E46D4 #8CD446

analogous

#4746D4 #8E46D4 #D446D3

triadic

#8E46D4 #D48E46 #46D48E

tetradic

#8E46D4 #D44746 #8CD446 #46D3D4

square

#8E46D4 #D44746 #8CD446 #46D3D4

split-complementary

#8E46D4 #D3D446 #46D447

monochromatic

#511E81 #6F2AB3 #8E46D4 #AC78E0 #CBA9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8E46D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8E46D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E46D4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E46D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E46D4	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e46d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 70, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.209 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ee2',
    500: '#8e46d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e46d4;
$custom-light: #b47ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e46d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55469,
    "c": 0.2091,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E46D4

secondary

#BAD99D

accent

#E54293

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E46D4

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

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