#8E4BE1#8E4BE1

#8E4BE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.217 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BE1
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 225)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 57.06, -65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 87.17, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1085 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.217 300)
XYZ	xyz(27.2587, 16.2189, 72.9140)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BE1 #9EE14B

analogous

#4B53E1 #8E4BE1 #D94BE1

triadic

#8E4BE1 #E18E4B #4BE18E

tetradic

#8E4BE1 #E14B53 #9EE14B #4BE1D9

square

#8E4BE1 #E14B53 #9EE14B #4BE1D9

split-complementary

#8E4BE1 #E1D94B #53E14B

monochromatic

#521998 #6E22CD #8E4BE1 #AF7FEA #D0B4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8E4BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8E4BE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BE1

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BE1	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.217 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b582eb',
    500: '#8e4be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4be1;
$custom-light: #b582eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57037,
    "c": 0.21683,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.16219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BE1

secondary

#C7E1A6

accent

#EE3A9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BE1

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

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