#8E4CD1#8E4CD1

#8E4CD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.198 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CD1
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 209)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 52.69, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 78.55, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.109 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.198 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2458, 15.5231, 61.9755)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CD1 #8FD14C

analogous

#4C4CD1 #8E4CD1 #D04CD1

triadic

#8E4CD1 #D18E4C #4CD18E

tetradic

#8E4CD1 #D14C4C #8FD14C #4CD1D0

square

#8E4CD1 #D14C4C #8FD14C #4CD1D0

split-complementary

#8E4CD1 #D1D04C #4CD14C

monochromatic

#512181 #6F2EB2 #8E4CD1 #AD7DDE #CBADEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8E4CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8E4CD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CD1

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CD1	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.198 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e0',
    500: '#8e4cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4cd1;
$custom-light: #b482e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.774,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56029,
    "c": 0.19798,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CD1

secondary

#BDD8A1

accent

#E24694

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CD1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →