#8E4BB5#8E4BB5

#8E4BB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.168 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BB5
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 181)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 58.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 46.68, -45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 64.93, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.111 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.168 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0104, 14.1196, 45.2730)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BB5 #72B54B

analogous

#594BB5 #8E4BB5 #B54BA7

triadic

#8E4BB5 #B58E4B #4BB58E

tetradic

#8E4BB5 #B5594B #72B54B #4BA7B5

square

#8E4BB5 #B5594B #72B54B #4BA7B5

split-complementary

#8E4BB5 #A7B54B #4BB559

monochromatic

#4A275F #6C398A #8E4BB5 #A976C7 #C4A2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8E4BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8E4BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BB5

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BB5	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2766B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.168 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280cc',
    500: '#8e4bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bb5;
$custom-light: #b280cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.925,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5406,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BB5

secondary

#A8C696

accent

#D25684

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BB5

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

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