#8E52E5#8E52E5

#8E52E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.212 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E52E5
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 229)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 64.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 54.56, -65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 85.37, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1006 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.212 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3119, 17.4421, 75.9886)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E52E5 #A9E552

analogous

#525FE5 #8E52E5 #D752E5

triadic

#8E52E5 #E58E52 #52E58E

tetradic

#8E52E5 #E5525F #A9E552 #52E5D7

square

#8E52E5 #E5525F #A9E552 #52E5D7

split-complementary

#8E52E5 #E5D752 #5FE552

monochromatic

#5219A4 #6C21D9 #8E52E5 #B187ED #D4BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8E52E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8E52E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E52E5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E52E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E52E5	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e52e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.212 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b586ee',
    500: '#8e52e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e52e5;
$custom-light: #b586ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e52e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58241,
    "c": 0.21239,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E52E5

secondary

#CEE5AE

accent

#D61085

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E52E5

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

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