#8E48D7#8E48D7

#8E48D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.210 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48D7
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 215)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 66.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 56.09, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 83.76, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1128 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.21 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7356, 15.2918, 65.8726)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48D7 #91D748

analogous

#484AD7 #8E48D7 #D648D7

triadic

#8E48D7 #D78E48 #48D78E

tetradic

#8E48D7 #D7484A #91D748 #48D7D6

square

#8E48D7 #D7484A #91D748 #48D7D6

split-complementary

#8E48D7 #D7D648 #4AD748

monochromatic

#511E87 #6F29B9 #8E48D7 #AD7AE2 #CCACED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8E48D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8E48D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48D7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48D7	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#016DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.210 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480e4',
    500: '#8e48d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48d7;
$custom-light: #b480e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.371,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55934,
    "c": 0.20977,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48D7

secondary

#BEDBA0

accent

#E74196

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48D7

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

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