#8E3ED5#8E3ED5

#8E3ED5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.220 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3ED5
RGB	rgb(142, 62, 213)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 60.24, -63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 87.87, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.1234 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.22 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8854, 14.0002, 64.3292)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3ED5 #85D53E

analogous

#433ED5 #8E3ED5 #D53ED1

triadic

#8E3ED5 #D58E3E #3ED58E

tetradic

#8E3ED5 #D5433E #85D53E #3ED1D5

square

#8E3ED5 #D5433E #85D53E #3ED1D5

split-complementary

#8E3ED5 #D1D53E #3ED543

monochromatic

#4F1B7D #6F26B0 #8E3ED5 #AB70E0 #C9A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8E3ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8E3ED5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3ED5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3ED5	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 62, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.220 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ae3',
    500: '#8e3ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3ed5;
$custom-light: #b57ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.788,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54605,
    "c": 0.21985,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3ED5

secondary

#B5D897

accent

#E7418F

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3ED5

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

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