#8E4BDD#8E4BDD

#8E4BDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.212 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BDD
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 56.08, -64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 85.16, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.109 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.212 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7194, 16.0032, 70.0738)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BDD #9ADD4B

analogous

#4B51DD #8E4BDD #D74BDD

triadic

#8E4BDD #DD8E4B #4BDD8E

tetradic

#8E4BDD #DD4B51 #9ADD4B #4BDDD7

square

#8E4BDD #DD4B51 #9ADD4B #4BDDD7

split-complementary

#8E4BDD #DDD74B #51DD4B

monochromatic

#521C92 #6F25C5 #8E4BDD #AE7EE7 #CFB2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8E4BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8E4BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BDD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BDD	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.212 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b581e8',
    500: '#8e4bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bdd;
$custom-light: #b581e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.534,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56746,
    "c": 0.21247,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BDD

secondary

#C4DFA5

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BDD

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

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