#8E39C5#8E39C5

#8E39C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.210 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39C5
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 197)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 58.81, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 82.48, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1308 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.21 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6944, 12.7086, 54.0700)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39C5 #70C539

analogous

#4839C5 #8E39C5 #C539B6

triadic

#8E39C5 #C58E39 #39C58E

tetradic

#8E39C5 #C54839 #70C539 #39B6C5

square

#8E39C5 #C54839 #70C539 #39B6C5

split-complementary

#8E39C5 #B6C539 #39C548

monochromatic

#4A1E66 #6C2B96 #8E39C5 #A968D3 #C497E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8E39C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8E39C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39C5

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39C5	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1565C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.210 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b477d7',
    500: '#8e39c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39c5;
$custom-light: #b477d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52886,
    "c": 0.20969,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39C5

secondary

#A6CD8D

accent

#DE4984

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39C5

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

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