#8E4CE5#8E4CE5

#8E4CE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.220 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CE5
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 229)
HSL	hsl(266, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 66.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 57.55, -67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 88.65, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1069 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.22 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8791, 16.5765, 75.8443)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CE5 #A3E54C

analogous

#4C57E5 #8E4CE5 #DA4CE5

triadic

#8E4CE5 #E58E4C #4CE58E

tetradic

#8E4CE5 #E54C57 #A3E54C #4CE5DA

square

#8E4CE5 #E54C57 #A3E54C #4CE5DA

split-complementary

#8E4CE5 #E5DA4C #57E54C

monochromatic

#52179F #6D1FD5 #8E4CE5 #B081ED #D1B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8E4CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8E4CE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CE5

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CE5	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.220 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b582ee',
    500: '#8e4ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ce5;
$custom-light: #b582ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57457,
    "c": 0.21995,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CE5

secondary

#CAE4A9

accent

#F137A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CE5

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

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