#8E55BC#8E55BC

#8E55BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.161 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55BC
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(273, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 54.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 42.97, -45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 62.49, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.098 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.161 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4791, 15.8789, 49.3952)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55BC #83BC55

analogous

#5A55BC #8E55BC #BC55B6

triadic

#8E55BC #BC8E55 #55BC8E

tetradic

#8E55BC #BC5A55 #83BC55 #55B6BC

square

#8E55BC #BC5A55 #83BC55 #55B6BC

split-complementary

#8E55BC #B6BC55 #55BC5A

monochromatic

#4F2B6C #6F3C98 #8E55BC #AB81CD #C8ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8E55BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8E55BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55BC

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55BC	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4770B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.161 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b287d1',
    500: '#8e55bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55bc;
$custom-light: #b287d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.204,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55959,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55BC

secondary

#B4CCA0

accent

#D3558D

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55BC

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

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