#8E4BE3#8E4BE3

#8E4BE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.219 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4BE3
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 67%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 57.55, -66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 88.18, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1082 -0.1904)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.219 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5331, 16.3287, 74.3593)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4BE3 #A0E34B

analogous

#4B54E3 #8E4BE3 #DA4BE3

triadic

#8E4BE3 #E38E4B #4BE38E

tetradic

#8E4BE3 #E34B54 #A0E34B #4BE3DA

square

#8E4BE3 #E34B54 #A0E34B #4BE3DA

split-complementary

#8E4BE3 #E3DA4B #54E34B

monochromatic

#52189B #6E20D0 #8E4BE3 #AF80EB #D0B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8E4BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8E4BE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4BE3

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4BE3	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.219 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b582ed',
    500: '#8e4be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4be3;
$custom-light: #b582ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.447,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57184,
    "c": 0.219,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4BE3

secondary

#C8E3A7

accent

#F0389F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4BE3

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

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