#8E48B2#8E48B2

#8E48B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.170 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48B2
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 59.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 47.55, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 65.17, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1148 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.17 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5072, 13.6004, 43.6030)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48B2 #6CB248

analogous

#5948B2 #8E48B2 #B248A1

triadic

#8E48B2 #B28E48 #48B28E

tetradic

#8E48B2 #B25948 #6CB248 #48A1B2

square

#8E48B2 #B25948 #6CB248 #48A1B2

split-complementary

#8E48B2 #A1B248 #48B259

monochromatic

#48255B #6B3686 #8E48B2 #A971C6 #C49DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8E48B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8E48B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48B2

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48B2	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2563B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.170 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fc9',
    500: '#8e48b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48b2;
$custom-light: #b27fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53456,
    "c": 0.16976,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48B2

secondary

#A3C492

accent

#D25680

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48B2

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

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