#8E49DE#8E49DE

#8E49DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.216 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E49DE
RGB	rgb(142, 73, 222)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 67.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 57.30, -65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 86.73, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1109 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.216 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7195, 15.7896, 70.7331)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E49DE #99DE49

analogous

#494FDE #8E49DE #D849DE

triadic

#8E49DE #DE8E49 #49DE8E

tetradic

#8E49DE #DE494F #99DE49 #49DED8

square

#8E49DE #DE494F #99DE49 #49DED8

split-complementary

#8E49DE #DED849 #4FDE49

monochromatic

#521A92 #6F24C6 #8E49DE #AE7DE7 #CEB1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8E49DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8E49DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E49DE

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E49DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E49DE	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e49de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 73, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.216 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b580e9',
    500: '#8e49de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e49de;
$custom-light: #b580e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e49de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.785,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56566,
    "c": 0.21606,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E49DE

secondary

#C4DFA4

accent

#EC3C9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E49DE

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

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