#8E4BD7#8E4BD7

#8E4BD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.206 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BD7
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 215)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 65.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 54.63, -61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 82.14, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1096 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.206 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9343, 15.6892, 65.9388)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BD7 #94D74B

analogous

#4B4ED7 #8E4BD7 #D44BD7

triadic

#8E4BD7 #D78E4B #4BD78E

tetradic

#8E4BD7 #D74B4E #94D74B #4BD7D4

square

#8E4BD7 #D74B4E #94D74B #4BD7D4

split-complementary

#8E4BD7 #D7D44B #4ED74B

monochromatic

#521E89 #6F2ABB #8E4BD7 #AD7DE2 #CDAFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8E4BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8E4BD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BD7

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BD7	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.206 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b481e4',
    500: '#8e4bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bd7;
$custom-light: #b481e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56316,
    "c": 0.20591,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BD7

secondary

#C0DBA2

accent

#E74197

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BD7

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