#8E52E1#8E52E1

#8E52E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.208 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E52E1
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 53.56, -63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 83.33, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.101 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.208 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7598, 17.2213, 73.0811)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E52E1 #A5E152

analogous

#525DE1 #8E52E1 #D652E1

triadic

#8E52E1 #E18E52 #52E18E

tetradic

#8E52E1 #E1525D #A5E152 #52E1D6

square

#8E52E1 #E1525D #A5E152 #52E1D6

split-complementary

#8E52E1 #E1D652 #5DE152

monochromatic

#521B9D #6D24D1 #8E52E1 #B086EA #D2BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8E52E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8E52E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E52E1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E52E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E52E1	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0172DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e52e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.208 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b486eb',
    500: '#8e52e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e52e1;
$custom-light: #b486eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e52e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.175,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57956,
    "c": 0.20787,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E52E1

secondary

#CCE3AC

accent

#D21382

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E52E1

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

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