#8E48C8#8E48C8

#8E48C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.194 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48C8
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 64%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 52.55, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 76.22, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.1142 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.194 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8958, 14.5559, 56.1831)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48C8 #82C848

analogous

#4E48C8 #8E48C8 #C848C2

triadic

#8E48C8 #C88E48 #48C88E

tetradic

#8E48C8 #C84E48 #82C848 #48C2C8

square

#8E48C8 #C84E48 #82C848 #48C2C8

split-complementary

#8E48C8 #C2C848 #48C84E

monochromatic

#4F2373 #6F31A2 #8E48C8 #AB77D6 #C8A6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8E48C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8E48C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48C8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48C8	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.194 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fd9',
    500: '#8e48c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48c8;
$custom-light: #b37fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.813,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54885,
    "c": 0.19357,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48C8

secondary

#B3D19A

accent

#DD4B8D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48C8

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

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