#8E4EE2#8E4EE2

#8E4EE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.214 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4EE2
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 65.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 55.83, -65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 86.05, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1052 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.214 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6038, 16.6903, 73.7040)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4EE2 #A2E24E

analogous

#4E58E2 #8E4EE2 #D84EE2

triadic

#8E4EE2 #E28E4E #4EE28E

tetradic

#8E4EE2 #E24E58 #A2E24E #4EE2D8

square

#8E4EE2 #E24E58 #A2E24E #4EE2D8

split-complementary

#8E4EE2 #E2D84E #58E24E

monochromatic

#521A9C #6E22D1 #8E4EE2 #B083EB #D1B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8E4EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8E4EE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4EE2

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4EE2	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.214 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b583ec',
    500: '#8e4ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ee2;
$custom-light: #b583ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57495,
    "c": 0.21416,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4EE2

secondary

#CAE3A9

accent

#EF39A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4EE2

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

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