#8C5EF2#8C5EF2

#8C5EF2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.212 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C5EF2
RGB	rgb(140, 94, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 61.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 51.23, -68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 85.21, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.084 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.212 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8406, 19.9908, 86.2209)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C5EF2 #C4F25E

analogous

#5E7AF2 #8C5EF2 #D65EF2

triadic

#8C5EF2 #F28C5E #5EF28C

tetradic

#8C5EF2 #F25E7A #C4F25E #5EF2D6

square

#8C5EF2 #F25E7A #C4F25E #5EF2D6

split-complementary

#8C5EF2 #F2D65E #7AF25E

monochromatic

#4810C6 #6425ED #8C5EF2 #B497F7 #DDCFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8C5EF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8C5EF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C5EF2

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C5EF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C5EF2	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70809F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c5ef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 94, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.212 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48ef7',
    500: '#8c5ef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c5ef2;
$custom-light: #b48ef7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c5ef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.649,
    "s": 85.057,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60659,
    "c": 0.21166,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C5EF2

secondary

#DFEEBD

accent

#E2049D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C5EF2

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

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