#8E4EE9#8E4EE9

#8E4EE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.222 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4EE9
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 57.56, -68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 89.58, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1044 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.222 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5839, 17.0823, 78.8663)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4EE9 #A9E94E

analogous

#4E5BE9 #8E4EE9 #DB4EE9

triadic

#8E4EE9 #E98E4E #4EE98E

tetradic

#8E4EE9 #E94E5B #A9E94E #4EE9DB

square

#8E4EE9 #E94E5B #A9E94E #4EE9DB

split-complementary

#8E4EE9 #E9DB4E #5BE94E

monochromatic

#5215A8 #6C1CDE #8E4EE9 #B184F0 #D4BBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8E4EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8E4EE9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4EE9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4EE9	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.222 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b584f1',
    500: '#8e4ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4ee9;
$custom-light: #b584f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.774,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58007,
    "c": 0.22188,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4EE9

secondary

#CEE7AC

accent

#DA0B85

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4EE9

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

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