#8E4DCA#8E4DCA

#8E4DCA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.189 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DCA
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 50.51, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 74.43, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1082 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.189 305)
XYZ	xyz(24.4675, 15.3229, 57.5343)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DCA #89CA4D

analogous

#4F4DCA #8E4DCA #CA4DC8

triadic

#8E4DCA #CA8E4D #4DCA8E

tetradic

#8E4DCA #CA4F4D #89CA4D #4DC8CA

square

#8E4DCA #CA4F4D #89CA4D #4DC8CA

split-complementary

#8E4DCA #C8CA4D #4DCA4F

monochromatic

#502479 #6F32A8 #8E4DCA #AC7CD8 #CAABE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8E4DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8E4DCA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DCA

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DCA	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.189 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b382db',
    500: '#8e4dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4dca;
$custom-light: #b382db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55688,
    "c": 0.18881,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.15323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DCA

secondary

#B8D49F

accent

#DD4A91

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DCA

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

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