#8E4DD5#8E4DD5

#8E4DD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.201 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DD5
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 63.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 53.15, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 80.02, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1076 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.201 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8166, 15.8626, 64.6396)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DD5 #94D54D

analogous

#4D50D5 #8E4DD5 #D24DD5

triadic

#8E4DD5 #D58E4D #4DD58E

tetradic

#8E4DD5 #D54D50 #94D54D #4DD5D2

square

#8E4DD5 #D54D50 #94D54D #4DD5D2

split-complementary

#8E4DD5 #D5D24D #50D54D

monochromatic

#522088 #6F2CB9 #8E4DD5 #AD7FE1 #CDB0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8E4DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8E4DD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DD5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DD5	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.201 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e3',
    500: '#8e4dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4dd5;
$custom-light: #b482e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.676,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56439,
    "c": 0.20106,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DD5

secondary

#C0DBA3

accent

#E54397

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DD5

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

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