#8E48D1#8E48D1

#8E48D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.203 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48D1
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 65.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 54.67, -59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 80.75, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1135 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.203 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9787, 14.9890, 61.8865)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48D1 #8BD148

analogous

#4A48D1 #8E48D1 #D148CF

triadic

#8E48D1 #D18E48 #48D18E

tetradic

#8E48D1 #D14A48 #8BD148 #48CFD1

square

#8E48D1 #D14A48 #8BD148 #48CFD1

split-complementary

#8E48D1 #CFD148 #48D14A

monochromatic

#50207F #6F2CB0 #8E48D1 #AC79DD #CAAAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8E48D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8E48D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48D1

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48D1	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.203 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe0',
    500: '#8e48d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48d1;
$custom-light: #b47fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.657,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55507,
    "c": 0.2033,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48D1

secondary

#BAD79E

accent

#E34592

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48D1

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

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