#8E48E3#8E48E3

#8E48E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.223 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48E3
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 58.98, -67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 89.75, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1113 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.223 300)
XYZ	xyz(27.3344, 15.9313, 74.2931)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48E3 #9DE348

analogous

#484FE3 #8E48E3 #DC48E3

triadic

#8E48E3 #E38E48 #48E38E

tetradic

#8E48E3 #E3484F #9DE348 #48E3DC

square

#8E48E3 #E3484F #9DE348 #48E3DC

split-complementary

#8E48E3 #E3DC48 #4FE348

monochromatic

#521799 #6E20CE #8E48E3 #AF7DEB #D0B2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8E48E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8E48E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48E3

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48E3	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.223 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b580ed',
    500: '#8e48e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48e3;
$custom-light: #b580ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56813,
    "c": 0.22266,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48E3

secondary

#C6E2A5

accent

#F0389D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48E3

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

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