#8E4ED4#8E4ED4

#8E4ED4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.199 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4ED4
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 63.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 52.40, -59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 78.96, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1065 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.199 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7606, 15.9530, 63.9967)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4ED4 #94D44E

analogous

#4E51D4 #8E4ED4 #D14ED4

triadic

#8E4ED4 #D48E4E #4ED48E

tetradic

#8E4ED4 #D44E51 #94D44E #4ED4D1

square

#8E4ED4 #D44E51 #94D44E #4ED4D1

split-complementary

#8E4ED4 #D4D14E #51D44E

monochromatic

#522187 #6F2DB8 #8E4ED4 #AD7FE0 #CDB0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8E4ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8E4ED4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4ED4

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4ED4	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.199 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483e2',
    500: '#8e4ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ed4;
$custom-light: #b483e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56504,
    "c": 0.19859,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4ED4

secondary

#C0DAA4

accent

#E44497

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4ED4

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

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