#8E4DE6#8E4DE6

#8E4DE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.220 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4DE6
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 57.31, -67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 88.61, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1058 -0.1927)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.22 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0885, 16.7713, 76.6049)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4DE6 #A5E64D

analogous

#4D59E6 #8E4DE6 #DA4DE6

triadic

#8E4DE6 #E68E4D #4DE68E

tetradic

#8E4DE6 #E64D59 #A5E64D #4DE6DA

square

#8E4DE6 #E64D59 #A5E64D #4DE6DA

split-complementary

#8E4DE6 #E6DA4D #59E64D

monochromatic

#5217A2 #6D1ED8 #8E4DE6 #B083EE #D2B8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8E4DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8E4DE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4DE6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4DE6	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.220 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b583ef',
    500: '#8e4de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4de6;
$custom-light: #b583ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.49,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57658,
    "c": 0.21981,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4DE6

secondary

#CCE5AA

accent

#D80E82

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4DE6

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

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