#8E48E8#8E48E8

#8E48E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.228 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E48E8
RGB	rgb(142, 72, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 69%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 60.20, -69.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 92.24, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1105 -0.1994)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.228 299)
XYZ	xyz(28.0345, 16.2114, 77.9804)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E48E8 #A2E848

analogous

#4852E8 #8E48E8 #DE48E8

triadic

#8E48E8 #E88E48 #48E88E

tetradic

#8E48E8 #E84852 #A2E848 #48E8DE

square

#8E48E8 #E84852 #A2E848 #48E8DE

split-complementary

#8E48E8 #E8DE48 #52E848

monochromatic

#5214A1 #6E1BD8 #8E48E8 #B07EEF #D1B5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8E48E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8E48E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E48E8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E48E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E48E8	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e48e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 72, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.228 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b680f0',
    500: '#8e48e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e48e8;
$custom-light: #b680f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e48e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57189,
    "c": 0.228,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E48E8

secondary

#CAE5A7

accent

#F434A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E48E8

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

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