#8E4CD6#8E4CD6

#8E4CD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.203 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CD6
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 64.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 53.89, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 81.08, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1086 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.204 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8745, 15.7747, 65.2869)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CD6 #94D64C

analogous

#4C4FD6 #8E4CD6 #D34CD6

triadic

#8E4CD6 #D68E4C #4CD68E

tetradic

#8E4CD6 #D64C4F #94D64C #4CD6D3

square

#8E4CD6 #D64C4F #94D64C #4CD6D3

split-complementary

#8E4CD6 #D6D34C #4FD64C

monochromatic

#521F88 #6F2BBA #8E4CD6 #AD7EE1 #CDB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8E4CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8E4CD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CD6

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CD6	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#166ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.203 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e3',
    500: '#8e4cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4cd6;
$custom-light: #b482e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56377,
    "c": 0.2035,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CD6

secondary

#C0DBA3

accent

#E64297

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CD6

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