#8E4CB2#8E4CB2

#8E4CB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.164 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CB2
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 57.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 45.49, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 62.83, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1096 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.164 312)
XYZ	xyz(21.7742, 14.1345, 43.6921)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CB2 #70B24C

analogous

#5B4CB2 #8E4CB2 #B24CA3

triadic

#8E4CB2 #B28E4C #4CB28E

tetradic

#8E4CB2 #B25B4C #70B24C #4CA3B2

square

#8E4CB2 #B25B4C #70B24C #4CA3B2

split-complementary

#8E4CB2 #A3B24C #4CB25B

monochromatic

#4A275C #6C3A87 #8E4CB2 #A976C5 #C4A1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8E4CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8E4CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CB2

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CB2	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.164 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281c9',
    500: '#8e4cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4cb2;
$custom-light: #b281c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5402,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.14134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CB2

secondary

#A6C496

accent

#D05882

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CB2

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

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