#8E49D2#8E49D2

#8E49D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.203 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E49D2
RGB	rgb(142, 73, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 65.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 54.42, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 80.71, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1123 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.203 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1681, 15.1691, 62.5623)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E49D2 #8DD249

analogous

#4949D2 #8E49D2 #D249D1

triadic

#8E49D2 #D28E49 #49D28E

tetradic

#8E49D2 #D24949 #8DD249 #49D1D2

square

#8E49D2 #D24949 #8DD249 #49D1D2

split-complementary

#8E49D2 #D1D249 #49D249

monochromatic

#512081 #6F2CB2 #8E49D2 #AC7ADE #CBABEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8E49D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8E49D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E49D2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E49D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E49D2	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e49d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 73, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.203 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480e1',
    500: '#8e49d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e49d2;
$custom-light: #b480e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e49d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.219,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55705,
    "c": 0.20308,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E49D2

secondary

#BBD89F

accent

#E34493

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E49D2

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

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