#8E4BD1#8E4BD1

#8E4BD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.199 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BD1
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 209)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 53.19, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 79.11, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1101 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.199 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1774, 15.3864, 61.9527)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BD1 #8ED14B

analogous

#4B4BD1 #8E4BD1 #D14BD1

triadic

#8E4BD1 #D18E4B #4BD18E

tetradic

#8E4BD1 #D14B4B #8ED14B #4BD1D1

square

#8E4BD1 #D14B4B #8ED14B #4BD1D1

split-complementary

#8E4BD1 #D1D14B #4BD14B

monochromatic

#512181 #6F2DB1 #8E4BD1 #AD7CDD #CBACEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8E4BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8E4BD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BD1

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BD1	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.199 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b481e0',
    500: '#8e4bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bd1;
$custom-light: #b481e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55896,
    "c": 0.19932,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BD1

secondary

#BCD8A0

accent

#E24594

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BD1

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

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