#8E4DAE#8E4DAE

#8E4DAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.158 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DAE
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 174)
HSL	hsl(280, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(280, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 55.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 44.07, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 60.21, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.108 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.158 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4479, 14.1151, 41.6308)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DAE #6DAE4D

analogous

#5E4DAE #8E4DAE #AE4D9E

triadic

#8E4DAE #AE8E4D #4DAE8E

tetradic

#8E4DAE #AE5E4D #6DAE4D #4D9EAE

square

#8E4DAE #AE5E4D #6DAE4D #4D9EAE

split-complementary

#8E4DAE #9EAE4D #4DAE5E

monochromatic

#492759 #6B3A84 #8E4DAE #A976C2 #C4A0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8E4DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8E4DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DAE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DAE	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3365B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B5D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.158 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182c6',
    500: '#8e4dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4dae;
$custom-light: #b182c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.206,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53926,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DAE

secondary

#A4C295

accent

#CF5980

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DAE

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

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