#8E46D9#8E46D9

#8E46D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.214 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E46D9
RGB	rgb(142, 70, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 57.53, -63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 85.81, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1147 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.214 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8669, 15.1408, 67.1919)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E46D9 #91D946

analogous

#4648D9 #8E46D9 #D846D9

triadic

#8E46D9 #D98E46 #46D98E

tetradic

#8E46D9 #D94648 #91D946 #46D9D8

square

#8E46D9 #D94648 #91D946 #46D9D8

split-complementary

#8E46D9 #D9D846 #48D946

monochromatic

#511C89 #6F26BB #8E46D9 #AD79E3 #CCACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8E46D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8E46D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E46D9

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E46D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E46D9	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e46d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 70, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.214 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ee6',
    500: '#8e46d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e46d9;
$custom-light: #b47ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e46d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55831,
    "c": 0.21443,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E46D9

secondary

#BEDC9F

accent

#E93F96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E46D9

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

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