#8E49D9#8E49D9

#8E49D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.211 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E49D9
RGB	rgb(142, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 56.09, -62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 84.23, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1115 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.211 302)
XYZ	xyz(26.0593, 15.5255, 67.2560)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E49D9 #94D949

analogous

#494CD9 #8E49D9 #D649D9

triadic

#8E49D9 #D98E49 #49D98E

tetradic

#8E49D9 #D9494C #94D949 #49D9D6

square

#8E49D9 #D9494C #94D949 #49D9D6

split-complementary

#8E49D9 #D9D649 #4CD949

monochromatic

#521D8B #6F28BD #8E49D9 #AD7CE4 #CDAEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8E49D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8E49D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E49D9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E49D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E49D9	1.00	5.12	4.11	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e49d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.211 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480e6',
    500: '#8e49d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e49d9;
$custom-light: #b480e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e49d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56203,
    "c": 0.21066,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.15526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E49D9

secondary

#C0DCA2

accent

#E83F97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E49D9

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

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