#8E55CA#8E55CA

#8E55CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.177 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55CA
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 202)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 57.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 46.32, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 69.75, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.0984 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.177 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0621, 16.5121, 57.7325)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55CA #91CA55

analogous

#5557CA #8E55CA #C955CA

triadic

#8E55CA #CA8E55 #55CA8E

tetradic

#8E55CA #CA5557 #91CA55 #55CAC9

square

#8E55CA #CA5557 #91CA55 #55CAC9

split-complementary

#8E55CA #CAC955 #57CA55

monochromatic

#51277D #6F36AC #8E55CA #AD84D9 #CCB2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8E55CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8E55CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55CA

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55CA	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2270CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A71C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.177 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b387db',
    500: '#8e55ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55ca;
$custom-light: #b387db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56829,
    "c": 0.17722,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55CA

secondary

#BED5A5

accent

#DC4C96

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55CA

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

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