#8E4EDE#8E4EDE

#8E4EDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.210 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4EDE
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 222)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 64.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 54.84, -63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 84.03, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1056 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.21 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0613, 16.4733, 70.8470)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4EDE #9EDE4E

analogous

#4E56DE #8E4EDE #D64EDE

triadic

#8E4EDE #DE8E4E #4EDE8E

tetradic

#8E4EDE #DE4E56 #9EDE4E #4EDED6

square

#8E4EDE #DE4E56 #9EDE4E #4EDED6

split-complementary

#8E4EDE #DED64E #56DE4E

monochromatic

#521C96 #6E26C9 #8E4EDE #AF82E8 #D0B5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8E4EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8E4EDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4EDE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4EDE	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.210 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483e9',
    500: '#8e4ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ede;
$custom-light: #b483e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57207,
    "c": 0.20972,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4EDE

secondary

#C7E0A8

accent

#EB3C9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4EDE

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

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