#8E4EA5#8E4EA5

#8E4EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.146 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4EA5
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 165)
HSL	hsl(284, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 41.57, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 55.10, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.1059 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.146 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6702, 13.9168, 37.1874)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4EA5 #65A54E

analogous

#634EA5 #8E4EA5 #A54E90

triadic

#8E4EA5 #A58E4E #4EA58E

tetradic

#8E4EA5 #A5634E #65A54E #4E90A5

square

#8E4EA5 #A5634E #65A54E #4E90A5

split-complementary

#8E4EA5 #90A54E #4EA563

monochromatic

#462752 #6A3A7B #8E4EA5 #A973BD #C39DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8E4EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8E4EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4EA5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4EA5	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B64A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.146 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182c0',
    500: '#8e4ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ea5;
$custom-light: #b182c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.138,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53559,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4EA5

secondary

#9DBD91

accent

#CC5C7A

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF7

border

#D0CAD0

text

#110B12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4EA5

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

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