#8E48DB#8E48DB

#8E48DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.214 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48DB
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 219)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 57.05, -64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 85.76, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1124 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.214 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2558, 15.4999, 68.6126)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48DB #95DB48

analogous

#484CDB #8E48DB #D748DB

triadic

#8E48DB #DB8E48 #48DB8E

tetradic

#8E48DB #DB484C #95DB48 #48DBD7

square

#8E48DB #DB484C #95DB48 #48DBD7

split-complementary

#8E48DB #DBD748 #4CDB48

monochromatic

#521C8D #6F26C0 #8E48DB #AE7BE5 #CDAEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8E48DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8E48DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48DB

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48DB	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.214 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b580e7',
    500: '#8e48db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48db;
$custom-light: #b580e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56223,
    "c": 0.21409,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48DB

secondary

#C1DDA2

accent

#EA3E98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48DB

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

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