#8E4CD4#8E4CD4

#8E4CD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.201 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CD4
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 64.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 53.41, -59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 80.07, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1088 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.201 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6207, 15.6731, 63.9500)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CD4 #92D44C

analogous

#4C4ED4 #8E4CD4 #D24CD4

triadic

#8E4CD4 #D48E4C #4CD48E

tetradic

#8E4CD4 #D44C4E #92D44C #4CD4D2

square

#8E4CD4 #D44C4E #92D44C #4CD4D2

split-complementary

#8E4CD4 #D4D24C #4ED44C

monochromatic

#512086 #6F2CB7 #8E4CD4 #AD7DE0 #CCAFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8E4CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8E4CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CD4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CD4	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.201 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e2',
    500: '#8e4cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4cd4;
$custom-light: #b482e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.118,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56237,
    "c": 0.20129,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CD4

secondary

#BFDAA2

accent

#E44396

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CD4

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

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