#8E4DD9#8E4DD9

#8E4DD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.205 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DD9
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 64.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 54.12, -61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 82.05, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1072 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.205 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3306, 16.0682, 67.3465)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DD9 #98D94D

analogous

#4D52D9 #8E4DD9 #D44DD9

triadic

#8E4DD9 #D98E4D #4DD98E

tetradic

#8E4DD9 #D94D52 #98D94D #4DD9D4

square

#8E4DD9 #D94D52 #98D94D #4DD9D4

split-complementary

#8E4DD9 #D9D44D #52D94D

monochromatic

#521E8D #6F29C0 #8E4DD9 #AE7FE4 #CEB2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8E4DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8E4DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DD9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DD9	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.205 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483e6',
    500: '#8e4dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4dd9;
$custom-light: #b483e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5672,
    "c": 0.20549,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DD9

secondary

#C3DDA5

accent

#E8409A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DD9

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

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