#8C5EE2#8C5EE2

#8C5EE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.193 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5EE2
RGB	rgb(140, 94, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 58.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 47.02, -60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 76.87, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0847 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.193 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5418, 19.0713, 74.1141)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5EE2 #B4E25E

analogous

#5E72E2 #8C5EE2 #CE5EE2

triadic

#8C5EE2 #E28C5E #5EE28C

tetradic

#8C5EE2 #E25E72 #B4E25E #5EE2CE

square

#8C5EE2 #E25E72 #B4E25E #5EE2CE

split-complementary

#8C5EE2 #E2CE5E #72E25E

monochromatic

#4E1EA7 #672AD9 #8C5EE2 #B192EB #D6C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8C5EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8C5EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5EE2

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5EE2	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2677DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 94, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.193 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38dec',
    500: '#8c5ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ee2;
$custom-light: #b38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.909,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59553,
    "c": 0.19251,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5EE2

secondary

#D5E6B6

accent

#D1148F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5EE2

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

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