#8E55CB#8E55CB

#8E55CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.178 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55CB
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 203)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 58.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 46.56, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 70.27, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.0984 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.178 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1809, 16.5596, 58.3581)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55CB #92CB55

analogous

#5557CB #8E55CB #C955CB

triadic

#8E55CB #CB8E55 #55CB8E

tetradic

#8E55CB #CB5557 #92CB55 #55CBC9

square

#8E55CB #CB5557 #92CB55 #55CBC9

split-complementary

#8E55CB #CBC955 #57CB55

monochromatic

#51277F #6F35AE #8E55CB #AD84D9 #CCB3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8E55CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8E55CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55CB

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55CB	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2070CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3971C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.178 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b387db',
    500: '#8e55cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55cb;
$custom-light: #b387db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56894,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55CB

secondary

#BFD6A6

accent

#DD4B96

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55CB

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

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