#8E4BDE#8E4BDE

#8E4BDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.214 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BDE
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 222)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 66.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 56.32, -64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 85.67, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1088 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.214 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8530, 16.0567, 70.7776)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BDE #9BDE4B

analogous

#4B51DE #8E4BDE #D74BDE

triadic

#8E4BDE #DE8E4B #4BDE8E

tetradic

#8E4BDE #DE4B51 #9BDE4B #4BDED7

square

#8E4BDE #DE4B51 #9BDE4B #4BDED7

split-complementary

#8E4BDE #DED74B #51DE4B

monochromatic

#521B94 #6F25C7 #8E4BDE #AE7FE7 #CFB2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8E4BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8E4BDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BDE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BDE	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.214 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b582e9',
    500: '#8e4bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4bde;
$custom-light: #b582e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.347,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56818,
    "c": 0.21357,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BDE

secondary

#C5E0A5

accent

#EC3C9C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BDE

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

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