#8E48CA#8E48CA

#8E48CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.196 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48CA
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 53.02, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 77.23, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1141 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.196 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1310, 14.6500, 57.4221)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48CA #84CA48

analogous

#4D48CA #8E48CA #CA48C5

triadic

#8E48CA #CA8E48 #48CA8E

tetradic

#8E48CA #CA4D48 #84CA48 #48C5CA

square

#8E48CA #CA4D48 #84CA48 #48C5CA

split-complementary

#8E48CA #C5CA48 #48CA4D

monochromatic

#4F2276 #6F30A5 #8E48CA #AB77D8 #C9A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8E48CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8E48CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48CA

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48CA	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.196 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fdb',
    500: '#8e48ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48ca;
$custom-light: #b37fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55021,
    "c": 0.19574,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48CA

secondary

#B5D39B

accent

#DE498E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48CA

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

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