#8E55CC#8E55CC

#8E55CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.180 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E55CC
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 58.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 46.80, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 70.79, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0984 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.18 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3004, 16.6074, 58.9877)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E55CC #93CC55

analogous

#5558CC #8E55CC #C955CC

triadic

#8E55CC #CC8E55 #55CC8E

tetradic

#8E55CC #CC5558 #93CC55 #55CCC9

square

#8E55CC #CC5558 #93CC55 #55CCC9

split-complementary

#8E55CC #CCC955 #58CC55

monochromatic

#512680 #6F35AF #8E55CC #AD84DA #CDB3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8E55CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8E55CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E55CC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E55CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E55CC	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3871C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e55cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.180 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b387dc',
    500: '#8e55cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e55cc;
$custom-light: #b387dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e55cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.739,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56958,
    "c": 0.17956,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E55CC

secondary

#BFD7A6

accent

#DD4B97

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E55CC

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

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