#8E4AD8#8E4AD8

#8E4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.208 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4AD8
RGB	rgb(142, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 55.36, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 83.19, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1106 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.208 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9958, 15.6061, 66.5952)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4AD8 #94D84A

analogous

#4A4DD8 #8E4AD8 #D54AD8

triadic

#8E4AD8 #D88E4A #4AD88E

tetradic

#8E4AD8 #D84A4D #94D84A #4AD8D5

square

#8E4AD8 #D84A4D #94D84A #4AD8D5

split-complementary

#8E4AD8 #D8D54A #4DD84A

monochromatic

#521E8A #6F29BC #8E4AD8 #AD7CE3 #CDAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8E4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8E4AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4AD8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4AD8	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)

#006DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#066DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.208 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b481e5',
    500: '#8e4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ad8;
$custom-light: #b481e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56259,
    "c": 0.2083,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4AD8

secondary

#C0DCA2

accent

#E84097

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4AD8

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

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