#8E55BB#8E55BB

#8E55BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.160 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55BB
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 42.74, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 61.97, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.098 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.16 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3717, 15.8359, 48.8295)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55BB #82BB55

analogous

#5B55BB #8E55BB #BB55B5

triadic

#8E55BB #BB8E55 #55BB8E

tetradic

#8E55BB #BB5B55 #82BB55 #55B5BB

square

#8E55BB #BB5B55 #82BB55 #55B5BB

split-complementary

#8E55BB #B5BB55 #55BB5B

monochromatic

#4F2B6B #6F3C97 #8E55BB #AB81CC #C8ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8E55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8E55BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55BB

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55BB	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.160 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b287d0',
    500: '#8e55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55bb;
$custom-light: #b287d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55899,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55BB

secondary

#B3CCA0

accent

#D3558D

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55BB

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

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