#8E4EE7#8E4EE7

#8E4EE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.220 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4EE7
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 57.06, -67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 88.58, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1046 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.22 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2999, 16.9687, 77.3701)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4EE7 #A7E74E

analogous

#4E5AE7 #8E4EE7 #DA4EE7

triadic

#8E4EE7 #E78E4E #4EE78E

tetradic

#8E4EE7 #E74E5A #A7E74E #4EE7DA

square

#8E4EE7 #E74E5A #A7E74E #4EE7DA

split-complementary

#8E4EE7 #E7DA4E #5AE74E

monochromatic

#5216A4 #6C1EDA #8E4EE7 #B084EE #D3BAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8E4EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8E4EE7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4EE7

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4EE7	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.220 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b584f0',
    500: '#8e4ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ee7;
$custom-light: #b584f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.098,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5786,
    "c": 0.21968,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4EE7

secondary

#CDE5AB

accent

#D80D83

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4EE7

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

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