#8E4BD4#8E4BD4

#8E4BD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.203 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BD4
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 64.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 53.91, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 80.62, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1099 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.203 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5523, 15.5364, 63.9272)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BD4 #91D44B

analogous

#4B4DD4 #8E4BD4 #D34BD4

triadic

#8E4BD4 #D48E4B #4BD48E

tetradic

#8E4BD4 #D44B4D #91D44B #4BD4D3

square

#8E4BD4 #D44B4D #91D44B #4BD4D3

split-complementary

#8E4BD4 #D4D34B #4DD44B

monochromatic

#512085 #6F2CB6 #8E4BD4 #AD7CE0 #CCAEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8E4BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8E4BD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BD4

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BD4	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.203 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b481e2',
    500: '#8e4bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bd4;
$custom-light: #b481e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.343,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56105,
    "c": 0.20262,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BD4

secondary

#BEDAA1

accent

#E54396

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BD4

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

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