#8E4EDD#8E4EDD

#8E4EDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.209 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4EDD
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 54.59, -63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 83.53, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1057 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.209 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9277, 16.4198, 70.1433)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4EDD #9DDD4E

analogous

#4E55DD #8E4EDD #D54EDD

triadic

#8E4EDD #DD8E4E #4EDD8E

tetradic

#8E4EDD #DD4E55 #9DDD4E #4EDDD5

square

#8E4EDD #DD4E55 #9DDD4E #4EDDD5

split-complementary

#8E4EDD #DDD54E #55DD4E

monochromatic

#521C94 #6E26C7 #8E4EDD #AF81E7 #D0B5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8E4EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8E4EDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4EDD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4EDD	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.209 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483e8',
    500: '#8e4edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4edd;
$custom-light: #b483e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.853,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57135,
    "c": 0.20862,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4EDD

secondary

#C6E0A7

accent

#EB3D9D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4EDD

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

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