#8E4EE6#8E4EE6

#8E4EE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.219 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4EE6
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 56.81, -67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 88.07, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1047 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.219 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1590, 16.9124, 76.6284)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4EE6 #A6E64E

analogous

#4E5AE6 #8E4EE6 #DA4EE6

triadic

#8E4EE6 #E68E4E #4EE68E

tetradic

#8E4EE6 #E64E5A #A6E64E #4EE6DA

square

#8E4EE6 #E64E5A #A6E64E #4EE6DA

split-complementary

#8E4EE6 #E6DA4E #5AE64E

monochromatic

#5217A3 #6D1FD8 #8E4EE6 #B084EE #D2B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8E4EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8E4EE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4EE6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4EE6	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.219 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b584ef',
    500: '#8e4ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ee6;
$custom-light: #b584ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57786,
    "c": 0.21857,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4EE6

secondary

#CCE5AB

accent

#D70E83

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4EE6

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

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