#8E49D5#8E49D5

#8E49D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.206 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E49D5
RGB	rgb(142, 73, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 55.13, -61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 82.22, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.112 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.206 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5453, 15.3200, 64.5491)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E49D5 #90D549

analogous

#494AD5 #8E49D5 #D449D5

triadic

#8E49D5 #D58E49 #49D58E

tetradic

#8E49D5 #D5494A #90D549 #49D5D4

square

#8E49D5 #D5494A #90D549 #49D5D4

split-complementary

#8E49D5 #D5D449 #4AD549

monochromatic

#511F85 #6F2AB7 #8E49D5 #AD7BE0 #CCACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8E49D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8E49D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E49D5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E49D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E49D5	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)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e49d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 73, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.206 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480e3',
    500: '#8e49d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e49d5;
$custom-light: #b480e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e49d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55917,
    "c": 0.20633,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E49D5

secondary

#BDDAA0

accent

#E64295

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E49D5

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

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