#8E4CDA#8E4CDA

#8E4CDA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.208 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CDA
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 218)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 54.86, -62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 83.11, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1082 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.208 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3916, 15.9815, 68.0104)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CDA #98DA4C

analogous

#4C51DA #8E4CDA #D54CDA

triadic

#8E4CDA #DA8E4C #4CDA8E

tetradic

#8E4CDA #DA4C51 #98DA4C #4CDAD5

square

#8E4CDA #DA4C51 #98DA4C #4CDAD5

split-complementary

#8E4CDA #DAD54C #51DA4C

monochromatic

#521D8E #6F28C1 #8E4CDA #AE7FE4 #CEB1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8E4CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8E4CDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CDA

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CDA	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#066FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.208 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e6',
    500: '#8e4cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4cda;
$custom-light: #b482e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5666,
    "c": 0.2079,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CDA

secondary

#C3DDA4

accent

#E93F9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CDA

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

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