#8E4BD5#8E4BD5

#8E4BD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.204 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BD5
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 54.15, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 81.13, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1098 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.204 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6788, 15.5870, 64.5936)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BD5 #92D54B

analogous

#4B4DD5 #8E4BD5 #D34BD5

triadic

#8E4BD5 #D58E4B #4BD58E

tetradic

#8E4BD5 #D54B4D #92D54B #4BD5D3

square

#8E4BD5 #D54B4D #92D54B #4BD5D3

split-complementary

#8E4BD5 #D5D34B #4DD54B

monochromatic

#511F86 #6F2BB8 #8E4BD5 #AD7DE1 #CCAEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8E4BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8E4BD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BD5

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BD5	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#166ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.204 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b481e3',
    500: '#8e4bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bd5;
$custom-light: #b481e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.13,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56175,
    "c": 0.20372,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BD5

secondary

#BFDAA2

accent

#E54396

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BD5

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

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