#8E4ADE#8E4ADE

#8E4ADE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.215 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E4ADE
RGBrgb(142, 74, 222)
HSLhsl(268, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(268, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 66.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.87, 56.81, -64.83)
CIE-LCHlch(46.87, 86.20, 311.23°)
OKLaboklab(56.69% 0.1099 -0.1846)
OKLCHoklch(56.69% 0.215 300.8)
XYZxyz(26.7857, 15.9221, 70.7552)
Luminance0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E4ADE #9ADE4A
analogous
#4A50DE #8E4ADE #D84ADE
triadic
#8E4ADE #DE8E4A #4ADE8E
tetradic
#8E4ADE #DE4A50 #9ADE4A #4ADED8
square
#8E4ADE #DE4A50 #9ADE4A #4ADED8
split-complementary
#8E4ADE #DED84A #50DE4A
monochromatic
#521B93 #6F24C7 #8E4ADE #AE7EE7 #CFB2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02
#8E4ADE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18
#8E4ADE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4ADE
5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E4ADE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E4ADE1.005.024.185.02
#FFFFFF5.021.0021.001.00
#0000004.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006EE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006EDB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D6C8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e4ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 74, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.215 300.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b581e9',
    500: '#8e4ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e4ade;
$custom-light: #b581e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e4ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56691,
    "c": 0.21482,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E4ADE
secondary
#C4DFA4
accent
#EC3C9B
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFD
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120B16
muted
#817C84

Preview Lab

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#8E4ADE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva