#8E4ED5#8E4ED5

#8E4ED5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.200 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4ED5
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 52.64, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 79.46, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1064 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.2 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8871, 16.0036, 64.6631)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4ED5 #95D54E

analogous

#4E52D5 #8E4ED5 #D14ED5

triadic

#8E4ED5 #D58E4E #4ED58E

tetradic

#8E4ED5 #D54E52 #95D54E #4ED5D1

square

#8E4ED5 #D54E52 #95D54E #4ED5D1

split-complementary

#8E4ED5 #D5D14E #52D54E

monochromatic

#522088 #6F2CBA #8E4ED5 #AE7FE1 #CDB1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8E4ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8E4ED5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4ED5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4ED5	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.200 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483e3',
    500: '#8e4ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ed5;
$custom-light: #b483e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.444,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56573,
    "c": 0.19972,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4ED5

secondary

#C1DBA4

accent

#E54398

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4ED5

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

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