#8E4DD6#8E4DD6

#8E4DD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.202 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DD6
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 64%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 53.39, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 80.53, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1075 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.202 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9440, 15.9135, 65.3101)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DD6 #95D64D

analogous

#4D51D6 #8E4DD6 #D24DD6

triadic

#8E4DD6 #D68E4D #4DD68E

tetradic

#8E4DD6 #D64D51 #95D64D #4DD6D2

square

#8E4DD6 #D64D51 #95D64D #4DD6D2

split-complementary

#8E4DD6 #D6D24D #51D64D

monochromatic

#522089 #6F2BBB #8E4DD6 #AE7FE1 #CDB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8E4DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8E4DD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DD6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DD6	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.202 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482e3',
    500: '#8e4dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4dd6;
$custom-light: #b482e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.467,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56509,
    "c": 0.20217,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DD6

secondary

#C1DBA4

accent

#E64298

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DD6

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

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