#8E49DB#8E49DB

#8E49DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.213 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E49DB
RGB	rgb(142, 73, 219)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 56.57, -63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 85.23, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.1113 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.213 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3210, 15.6302, 68.6343)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E49DB #96DB49

analogous

#494DDB #8E49DB #D749DB

triadic

#8E49DB #DB8E49 #49DB8E

tetradic

#8E49DB #DB494D #96DB49 #49DBD7

square

#8E49DB #DB494D #96DB49 #49DBD7

split-complementary

#8E49DB #DBD749 #4DDB49

monochromatic

#521C8E #6F26C1 #8E49DB #AE7CE5 #CDAFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#8E49DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8E49DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E49DB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E49DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E49DB	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e49db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 73, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.213 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480e7',
    500: '#8e49db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e49db;
$custom-light: #b480e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e49db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.356,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56348,
    "c": 0.21283,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E49DB

secondary

#C2DDA2

accent

#EA3E99

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E49DB

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

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