#8E46E8#8E46E8

#8E46E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.230 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E46E8
RGBrgb(142, 70, 232)
HSLhsl(267, 78%, 59%)
HSVhsv(267, 70%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(38.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.92, 61.13, -70.43)
CIE-LCHlch(46.92, 93.25, 310.96°)
OKLaboklab(56.95% 0.1124 -0.201)
OKLCHoklch(56.95% 0.23 299.2)
XYZxyz(27.9073, 15.9570, 77.9380)
Luminance0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E46E8 #A0E846
analogous
#464FE8 #8E46E8 #DF46E8
triadic
#8E46E8 #E88E46 #46E88E
tetradic
#8E46E8 #E8464F #A0E846 #46E8DF
square
#8E46E8 #E8464F #A0E846 #46E8DF
split-complementary
#8E46E8 #E8DF46 #4FE846
monochromatic
#5214A0 #6E1BD6 #8E46E8 #AF7CEF #D0B3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01
#8E46E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19
#8E46E8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E46E8
5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E46E8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E46E81.005.014.195.01
#FFFFFF5.011.0021.001.00
#0000004.1921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.011.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006EE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#796E92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e46e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 70, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.230 299.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67ff0',
    500: '#8e46e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e46e8;
$custom-light: #b67ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e46e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56952,
    "c": 0.23031,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E46E8
secondary
#C8E5A5
accent
#F4339F
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F7EFFD
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A17
muted
#817C85

Preview Lab

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#8E46E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva