#8E4AED#8E4AED

#8E4AED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.231 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4AED
RGB	rgb(142, 74, 237)
HSL	hsl(265, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 60.48, -71.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 93.69, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1077 -0.2043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.231 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8862, 16.7623, 81.8179)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4AED #A9ED4A

analogous

#4A57ED #8E4AED #E04AED

triadic

#8E4AED #ED8E4A #4AED8E

tetradic

#8E4AED #ED4A57 #A9ED4A #4AEDE0

square

#8E4AED #ED4A57 #A9ED4A #4AEDE0

split-complementary

#8E4AED #EDE04A #57ED4A

monochromatic

#5211AC #6C17E3 #8E4AED #B182F3 #D4B9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8E4AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8E4AED on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4AED

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4AED	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 74, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.231 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b681f4',
    500: '#8e4aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4aed;
$custom-light: #b681f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.031,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5781,
    "c": 0.231,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4AED

secondary

#CEE8AB

accent

#DE0785

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7EFFE

border

#D0CAD6

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4AED

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

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