#8E4ED8#8E4ED8

#8E4ED8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.203 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4ED8
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 53.37, -60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 80.99, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1062 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.203 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2714, 16.1573, 66.6870)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4ED8 #98D84E

analogous

#4E53D8 #8E4ED8 #D34ED8

triadic

#8E4ED8 #D88E4E #4ED88E

tetradic

#8E4ED8 #D84E53 #98D84E #4ED8D3

square

#8E4ED8 #D84E53 #98D84E #4ED8D3

split-complementary

#8E4ED8 #D8D34E #53D84E

monochromatic

#521F8D #6F2ABF #8E4ED8 #AE80E3 #CEB2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8E4ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8E4ED8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4ED8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4ED8	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.203 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483e5',
    500: '#8e4ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ed8;
$custom-light: #b483e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56782,
    "c": 0.20305,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4ED8

secondary

#C3DDA5

accent

#E7419A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4ED8

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

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