#8E55BD#8E55BD

#8E55BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.162 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55BD
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 43.21, -45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 63.01, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.0981 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.162 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5873, 15.9222, 49.9649)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55BD #84BD55

analogous

#5A55BD #8E55BD #BD55B8

triadic

#8E55BD #BD8E55 #55BD8E

tetradic

#8E55BD #BD5A55 #84BD55 #55B8BD

square

#8E55BD #BD5A55 #84BD55 #55B8BD

split-complementary

#8E55BD #B8BD55 #55BD5A

monochromatic

#4F2A6D #6F3C99 #8E55BD #AB81CE #C9ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8E55BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8E55BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55BD

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55BD	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4670BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.162 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b287d1',
    500: '#8e55bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55bd;
$custom-light: #b287d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.885,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56019,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55BD

secondary

#B5CDA1

accent

#D4548E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55BD

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

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