#8E4BB2#8E4BB2

#8E4BB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.165 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BB2
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 57.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 46.01, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 63.42, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1109 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.165 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7059, 13.9978, 43.6693)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BB2 #6FB24B

analogous

#5B4BB2 #8E4BB2 #B24BA3

triadic

#8E4BB2 #B28E4B #4BB28E

tetradic

#8E4BB2 #B25B4B #6FB24B #4BA3B2

square

#8E4BB2 #B25B4B #6FB24B #4BA3B2

split-complementary

#8E4BB2 #A3B24B #4BB25B

monochromatic

#49275C #6C3987 #8E4BB2 #A975C5 #C4A0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8E4BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8E4BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BB2

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BB2	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.165 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280c9',
    500: '#8e4bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bb2;
$custom-light: #b280c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.029,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53877,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BB2

secondary

#A5C495

accent

#D15782

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BB2

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

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