#8E48D6#8E48D6

#8E48D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.209 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E48D6
RGBrgb(142, 72, 214)
HSLhsl(270, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(270, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(33.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(45.96, 55.86, -61.74)
CIE-LCHlch(45.96, 83.26, 312.13°)
OKLaboklab(55.86% 0.113 -0.1755)
OKLCHoklch(55.86% 0.209 302.8)
XYZxyz(25.6075, 15.2405, 65.1979)
Luminance0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E48D6 #90D648
analogous
#4849D6 #8E48D6 #D548D6
triadic
#8E48D6 #D68E48 #48D68E
tetradic
#8E48D6 #D64849 #90D648 #48D6D5
square
#8E48D6 #D64849 #90D648 #48D6D5
split-complementary
#8E48D6 #D6D548 #49D648
monochromatic
#511E86 #6F29B8 #8E48D6 #AD7AE1 #CCACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19
#8E48D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05
#8E48D6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48D6
5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E48D6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E48D61.005.194.055.19
#FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00
#0000004.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006CDA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#066CD3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#806889
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e48d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.209 302.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480e3',
    500: '#8e48d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e48d6;
$custom-light: #b480e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e48d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55862,
    "c": 0.2087,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E48D6
secondary
#BDDAA0
accent
#E64195
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFC
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A16
muted
#817C84

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#8E48D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva