#8E48D2#8E48D2

#8E48D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.204 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48D2
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 65.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 54.91, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 81.25, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1134 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.204 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1029, 15.0387, 62.5405)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48D2 #8CD248

analogous

#4948D2 #8E48D2 #D248D1

triadic

#8E48D2 #D28E48 #48D28E

tetradic

#8E48D2 #D24948 #8CD248 #48D1D2

square

#8E48D2 #D24948 #8CD248 #48D1D2

split-complementary

#8E48D2 #D1D248 #48D249

monochromatic

#512080 #6F2CB1 #8E48D2 #AC79DE #CBAAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8E48D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8E48D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48D2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48D2	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#166CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.204 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fe1',
    500: '#8e48d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48d2;
$custom-light: #b47fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.435,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55578,
    "c": 0.20438,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48D2

secondary

#BAD89E

accent

#E44493

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48D2

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

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