#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
RGBrgb(142, 74, 216)
HSLhsl(269, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(269, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(34.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.45, 55.36, -62.09)
CIE-LCHlch(46.45, 83.19, 311.72°)
OKLaboklab(56.26% 0.1106 -0.1765)
OKLCHoklch(56.26% 0.208 302.1)
XYZxyz(25.9958, 15.6061, 66.5952)
Luminance0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##8E4AD81.005.104.125.10
#FFFFFF5.101.0021.001.00
#0000004.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.101.0021.001.00

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

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#8E4AD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva