#8E4AE5#8E4AE5

#8E4AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.222 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4AE5
RGB	rgb(142, 74, 229)
HSL	hsl(266, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 58.52, -67.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 89.71, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.109 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.222 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7434, 16.3052, 75.7991)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4AE5 #A1E54A

analogous

#4A54E5 #8E4AE5 #DC4AE5

triadic

#8E4AE5 #E58E4A #4AE58E

tetradic

#8E4AE5 #E54A54 #A1E54A #4AE5DC

square

#8E4AE5 #E54A54 #A1E54A #4AE5DC

split-complementary

#8E4AE5 #E5DC4A #54E54A

monochromatic

#52179E #6E1ED3 #8E4AE5 #AF80ED #D1B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8E4AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8E4AE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4AE5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4AE5	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 74, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.222 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b581ee',
    500: '#8e4ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ae5;
$custom-light: #b581ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.323,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57207,
    "c": 0.2224,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4AE5

secondary

#C9E4A7

accent

#F1369F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4AE5

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

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