#8E49E3#8E49E3

#8E49E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.221 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E49E3
RGB	rgb(142, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 58.51, -67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 89.23, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1103 -0.192)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.221 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3996, 16.0617, 74.3148)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E49E3 #9EE349

analogous

#4951E3 #8E49E3 #DB49E3

triadic

#8E49E3 #E38E49 #49E38E

tetradic

#8E49E3 #E34951 #9EE349 #49E3DB

square

#8E49E3 #E34951 #9EE349 #49E3DB

split-complementary

#8E49E3 #E3DB49 #51E349

monochromatic

#52189A #6E20CF #8E49E3 #AF7EEB #D0B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8E49E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8E49E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E49E3

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E49E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E49E3	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e49e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.221 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b581ed',
    500: '#8e49e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e49e3;
$custom-light: #b581ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e49e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.883,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56935,
    "c": 0.22145,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E49E3

secondary

#C7E2A6

accent

#F0389D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E49E3

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