#8E4CDD#8E4CDD

#8E4CDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.211 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CDD
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 55.59, -63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 84.62, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1079 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.211 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7877, 16.1399, 70.0966)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CDD #9BDD4C

analogous

#4C52DD #8E4CDD #D64CDD

triadic

#8E4CDD #DD8E4C #4CDD8E

tetradic

#8E4CDD #DD4C52 #9BDD4C #4CDDD6

square

#8E4CDD #DD4C52 #9BDD4C #4CDDD6

split-complementary

#8E4CDD #DDD64C #52DD4C

monochromatic

#521C93 #6F26C6 #8E4CDD #AE7FE7 #CFB3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8E4CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8E4CDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CDD

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CDD	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.211 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e8',
    500: '#8e4cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4cdd;
$custom-light: #b482e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.31,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56874,
    "c": 0.2112,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CDD

secondary

#C5DFA6

accent

#EB3D9C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CDD

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

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