#8E46D5#8E46D5

#8E46D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.210 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E46D5
RGB	rgb(142, 70, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 67.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 56.58, -61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 83.82, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1152 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.21 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3529, 14.9352, 64.4850)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E46D5 #8DD546

analogous

#4646D5 #8E46D5 #D546D4

triadic

#8E46D5 #D58E46 #46D58E

tetradic

#8E46D5 #D54646 #8DD546 #46D4D5

square

#8E46D5 #D54646 #8DD546 #46D4D5

split-complementary

#8E46D5 #D4D546 #46D546

monochromatic

#511E83 #6F29B5 #8E46D5 #AC78E0 #CBAAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8E46D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8E46D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E46D5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E46D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E46D5	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#016CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e46d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 70, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.210 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ee3',
    500: '#8e46d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e46d5;
$custom-light: #b47ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e46d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.21,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55541,
    "c": 0.21017,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E46D5

secondary

#BBD99E

accent

#E64293

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E46D5

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

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