#8E49DA#8E49DA

#8E49DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.212 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E49DA
RGB	rgb(142, 73, 218)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 56.33, -63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 84.73, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1114 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.212 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1897, 15.5777, 67.9431)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E49DA #95DA49

analogous

#494DDA #8E49DA #D749DA

triadic

#8E49DA #DA8E49 #49DA8E

tetradic

#8E49DA #DA494D #95DA49 #49DAD7

square

#8E49DA #DA494D #95DA49 #49DAD7

split-complementary

#8E49DA #DAD749 #4DDA49

monochromatic

#521C8C #6F27BF #8E49DA #AE7CE4 #CDAFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8E49DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8E49DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E49DA

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E49DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E49DA	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e49da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 73, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.212 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480e6',
    500: '#8e49da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e49da;
$custom-light: #b480e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e49da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.552,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56275,
    "c": 0.21175,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E49DA

secondary

#C1DDA2

accent

#E93F98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E49DA

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

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