#8E4CD9#8E4CD9

#8E4CD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.207 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CD9
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 65%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 54.62, -61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 82.60, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1083 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.207 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2612, 15.9293, 67.3233)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CD9 #97D94C

analogous

#4C51D9 #8E4CD9 #D44CD9

triadic

#8E4CD9 #D98E4C #4CD98E

tetradic

#8E4CD9 #D94C51 #97D94C #4CD9D4

square

#8E4CD9 #D94C51 #97D94C #4CD9D4

split-complementary

#8E4CD9 #D9D44C #51D94C

monochromatic

#521E8D #6F29BF #8E4CD9 #AE7EE4 #CEB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8E4CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8E4CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CD9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CD9	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B6ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.207 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e6',
    500: '#8e4cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4cd9;
$custom-light: #b482e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56588,
    "c": 0.2068,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CD9

secondary

#C2DDA4

accent

#E84099

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CD9

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

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