#8E4DE1#8E4DE1

#8E4DE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.214 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DE1
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 56.08, -65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 86.10, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1064 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.214 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3965, 16.4945, 72.9600)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DE1 #A0E14D

analogous

#4D56E1 #8E4DE1 #D84DE1

triadic

#8E4DE1 #E18E4D #4DE18E

tetradic

#8E4DE1 #E14D56 #A0E14D #4DE1D8

square

#8E4DE1 #E14D56 #A0E14D #4DE1D8

split-complementary

#8E4DE1 #E1D84D #56E14D

monochromatic

#521A9A #6E23CE #8E4DE1 #AF81EA #D0B6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8E4DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8E4DE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DE1

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DE1	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.214 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b583eb',
    500: '#8e4de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4de1;
$custom-light: #b583eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.351,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57292,
    "c": 0.21432,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DE1

secondary

#C8E2A8

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DE1

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

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