#8E52E2#8E52E2

#8E52E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.209 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E52E2
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 53.81, -64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 83.84, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1009 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.209 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8967, 17.2760, 73.8016)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E52E2 #A6E252

analogous

#525EE2 #8E52E2 #D652E2

triadic

#8E52E2 #E28E52 #52E28E

tetradic

#8E52E2 #E2525E #A6E252 #52E2D6

square

#8E52E2 #E2525E #A6E252 #52E2D6

split-complementary

#8E52E2 #E2D652 #5EE252

monochromatic

#521B9F #6D23D3 #8E52E2 #B086EB #D2BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8E52E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8E52E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E52E2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E52E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E52E2	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e52e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.209 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b586ec',
    500: '#8e52e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e52e2;
$custom-light: #b586ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e52e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58027,
    "c": 0.209,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E52E2

secondary

#CCE3AC

accent

#D31283

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E52E2

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

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