#8E4CEB#8E4CEB

#8E4CEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.226 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4CEB
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 235)
HSL	hsl(265, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 59.03, -70.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 91.65, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1061 -0.2001)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.226 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7313, 16.9174, 80.3328)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4CEB #A9EB4C

analogous

#4C59EB #8E4CEB #DE4CEB

triadic

#8E4CEB #EB8E4C #4CEB8E

tetradic

#8E4CEB #EB4C59 #A9EB4C #4CEBDE

square

#8E4CEB #EB4C59 #A9EB4C #4CEBDE

split-complementary

#8E4CEB #EBDE4C #59EB4C

monochromatic

#5213AA #6C19E1 #8E4CEB #B183F1 #D4BAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8E4CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8E4CEB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4CEB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4CEB	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.226 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b683f2',
    500: '#8e4ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ceb;
$custom-light: #b683f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 79.899,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57904,
    "c": 0.22648,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4CEB

secondary

#CEE7AB

accent

#DC0985

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4CEB

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

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