#8E4BC9#8E4BC9

#8E4BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.191 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BC9
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 62.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 51.29, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 75.06, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1106 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.191 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2117, 15.0002, 56.8668)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BC9 #86C94B

analogous

#4F4BC9 #8E4BC9 #C94BC5

triadic

#8E4BC9 #C98E4B #4BC98E

tetradic

#8E4BC9 #C94F4B #86C94B #4BC5C9

square

#8E4BC9 #C94F4B #86C94B #4BC5C9

split-complementary

#8E4BC9 #C5C94B #4BC94F

monochromatic

#4F2376 #6F32A5 #8E4BC9 #AC7AD7 #C9A9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8E4BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8E4BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BC9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BC9	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.191 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b381da',
    500: '#8e4bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bc9;
$custom-light: #b381da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.905,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5535,
    "c": 0.19052,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BC9

secondary

#B6D39D

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BC9

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

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