#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
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 55.86, -61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 83.26, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.113 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.209 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6075, 15.2405, 65.1979)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8E48D6	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48D6

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

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