#8E4DE3#8E4DE3

#8E4DE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.217 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DE3
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 66.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 56.57, -66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 87.10, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1061 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.217 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6709, 16.6043, 74.4053)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DE3 #A2E34D

analogous

#4D57E3 #8E4DE3 #D94DE3

triadic

#8E4DE3 #E38E4D #4DE38E

tetradic

#8E4DE3 #E34D57 #A2E34D #4DE3D9

square

#8E4DE3 #E34D57 #A2E34D #4DE3D9

split-complementary

#8E4DE3 #E3D94D #57E34D

monochromatic

#52199D #6E21D2 #8E4DE3 #B082EB #D1B7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8E4DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8E4DE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DE3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DE3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.217 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b583ed',
    500: '#8e4de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4de3;
$custom-light: #b583ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57438,
    "c": 0.21652,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DE3

secondary

#CAE3A9

accent

#F038A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DE3

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

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