#8E52DE#8E52DE

#8E52DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.204 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E52DE
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 222)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 63.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 52.81, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 81.80, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1012 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.204 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3542, 17.0590, 70.9447)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E52DE #A2DE52

analogous

#525CDE #8E52DE #D452DE

triadic

#8E52DE #DE8E52 #52DE8E

tetradic

#8E52DE #DE525C #A2DE52 #52DED4

square

#8E52DE #DE525C #A2DE52 #52DED4

split-complementary

#8E52DE #DED452 #5CDE52

monochromatic

#521D99 #6E27CC #8E52DE #B085E8 #D1B9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8E52DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8E52DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E52DE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E52DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E52DE	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1172DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e52de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.204 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486e9',
    500: '#8e52de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e52de;
$custom-light: #b486e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e52de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57745,
    "c": 0.20447,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E52DE

secondary

#CAE1AB

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E52DE

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

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