#8E4AE3#8E4AE3

#8E4AE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.220 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4AE3
RGB	rgb(142, 74, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 58.03, -67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 88.71, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1092 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.22 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4658, 16.1941, 74.3369)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4AE3 #9FE34A

analogous

#4A53E3 #8E4AE3 #DB4AE3

triadic

#8E4AE3 #E38E4A #4AE38E

tetradic

#8E4AE3 #E34A53 #9FE34A #4AE3DB

square

#8E4AE3 #E34A53 #9FE34A #4AE3DB

split-complementary

#8E4AE3 #E3DB4A #53E34A

monochromatic

#52189B #6E20D0 #8E4AE3 #AF7FEB #D0B4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8E4AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8E4AE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4AE3

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4AE3	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 74, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.220 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b581ed',
    500: '#8e4ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ae3;
$custom-light: #b581ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57059,
    "c": 0.22023,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4AE3

secondary

#C8E2A6

accent

#F0389E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4AE3

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

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